Vice President Vance Denies President Trump's Comments on Interfering with Negotiations with Iran

JAKARTA - Vice President JD Vance denied that President Donald Trump's statement disrupted negotiations with Iran over the weekend.

Tehran and Washington held peace talks with the mediation of Pakistan and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Burgenstock Resort, Switzerland, Sunday (21/6).

"No, it does not disrupt the system," said Vice President Vance of Obbürgen, Switzerland, after he completed hours of discussions on the final agreement, CNN reported (22/6).

As previously reported, President Trump, who spent the weekend at Camp David, Maryland, threatened to attack Iran again in a phone call with Fox News.

Vice President Vance acknowledged that it caused a brief interruption in the conversation.

Afterwards, Iranian government media reported that Tehran's delegation in Switzerland filed a protest following President Trump's threats.

"The Iranian delegation has lodged a protest with the US side and is now considering options for a proper response to Donald Trump's recent verbal threats," wrote Press TV, the Government's media channel in Iran on the social media X.

"There were some threats, there were some complaints, but in the end, the talks continued, and we made great progress," he said.

Vice President Vance said the US told Iran that President Trump would respond to their statement to correct the record.

"What we conveyed to Iran yesterday is that when you engage in what millennials might call 'bullshit', you can't expect the president of the United States not to respond and not to correct the statement," he said.

Afterwards, the talks stalled before they could resume, with the mediators of Qatar and Pakistan later saying in a joint statement that the talks that had ended were held in a "positive and constructive atmosphere" and "encouraging progress" had been made.