Trump must restore trust before any talks: Rouhani

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City. World leaders are gathered for the 74th session of the UN amid a warning by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his address yesterday of the looming risk of a world splitting between the two largest economies – the U.S. and China. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that his US counterpart Donald Trump needed to restore trust before the possibility of a meeting.

“We must create mutual trust,” Rouhani told Fox News, which Trump regularly watches, after the US leader criticized Iran before the UN General Assembly.

“If the government of the United States of America is willing to talk, it must create the needed conditions,” he said.