During a State Department press briefing on Tuesday, spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about diplomatic talks between the Houthis and the United States.
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00:00Yes, sir.
00:02We'll move on.
00:03Do you confirm that there is a meeting with Iranian this Sunday?
00:05This is the first.
00:06And the second one, is there any connection between the Houthi ceasefire and your diplomatic
00:10engagement with Iran?
00:15You know, this is the Houthi dynamic and other things that are unfolding.
00:18We have news every day, fortunately, much good news.
00:23And this has been a commitment from day one, right, from the moment and before, certainly
00:28back to his first term, what President Trump has been interested in.
00:32So while we have we're going to have all kinds of things that might happen at the same time,
00:37it's important to not conflate them, that we have results of things that have been worked
00:41on for weeks and months that are now coming to fruition.
00:46Also the president's interest in, as an example, the aid to Gaza and his personal involvement
00:52and commitment to having that get resolved is something that does make things move faster
00:58faster.
00:59But everything his administration does is fast moving.
01:02So I would say that is to be cautious in the fact that we're looking at the development
01:08of things that are important but have been in the works for a long time and are not tied
01:15to a certain development or linked to one thing or another.
01:19But you're going to have things happen at the same time when you've got a singular region,
01:24multiple issues happening, multiple negotiations, multiple efforts for ceasefires, inevitably
01:30things are going to happen simultaneously.
01:32But I think that that is the result of the kind of work that we've been engaged in for
01:38weeks now.
01:40And so that's – I mean, that's all I can say about that.
01:41What about the Iran – the meetings with Iranian this Sunday?
01:45MS.
01:46I – what we – you know, we've had that question before, certainly last week we addressed
01:51it.
01:52I have no specifics for you about what is occurring.
01:56And I can't confirm what will occur.
01:58But as soon as we do and if we do, you will hear it right from this podium.
02:02We have no meeting scheduled so far.
02:03MS.
02:04All right.
02:05Yes, sir.
02:06All right.
02:07Yes, sir.