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It has called for an end to the conflict and passed messages between the sides. Trump said earlier that negotiations with Iran were &#8220;in the final stages,&#8221; while warning of further attacks unless Tehran agrees to a peace deal.<br \/>&#8220;During the meeting, our President stated that he viewed the decision to extend the ceasefire in the conflict zone in our region as a positive development (and) that he believed a reasonable solution to the disputed issues was possible,&#8221; the presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump in a call on Wednesday he welcomed the extension of a ceasefire between the U.S. andIran, adding he believed contested issues between the sides could be resolved, according to the Turkish presidency.NATO member Turkey, which neighbours Iran, has been in close contact with Washington, Tehran, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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