China has accused Trump of “pouring oil” on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to “immediately evacuate”, reports Al Jazeera.
“Fanning the flames, pouring oil, making threats and mounting pressure will not help to promote the de-escalation of the situation, but will only intensify and widen the conflict,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said when asked about Trump’s remarks at a regular news conference on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, US President Trump is considering sending US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff or Vice President JD Vance to meet with officials in Iran, according to a CBS News reporter on board a flight back from Canada with him.
The deployment of Witkoff or Vance “depends what happens when I get back” to Washington, DC, said the US president.
Trump added he wants a “real end” to the nuclear problem with Iran with Tehran “giving up entirely” on nuclear weapons, the CBS reporter posted on X.
The US leader predicted Israel would not be slowing its attacks on Iran. “You’re going to find out over the next two days. You’re going to find out. Nobody’s slowed up so far,” the CBS journalist quoted Trump as saying on Air Force One.
Trump made the comments during his midnight departure from Canada, where he attended the Group of Seven nations summit on Monday.
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