US President Donald Trump praised the Iran diplomatic initiative of his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, in Biarritz, France, on Monday, and said he was open to Macron’s efforts to arrange a meeting between Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the next few weeks — perhaps during the UN General Assembly next month.

“If the circumstances were correct or right, I would certainly agree to that,” Trump said at a press conference with Macron following the G-7 summit Monday, in response to a question if he would be willing to meet with Rouhani.

Trump said Macron had kept him well informed of his idea to invite Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Biarritz on Sunday, though Trump decided that the time was not yet right to meet the Iranian envoy himself, he said. Trump made no mention of the fact that his administration imposed sanctions on Zarif last month, reportedly after Zarif declined an invitation to meet Trump at the White House.

“By the way, President Macron told me every step that he was making yesterday,” Trump said, referring to Zarif’s previously unannounced arrival in Biarritz on Sunday, where Zarif said he met with Macron, the French foreign and treasury ministers and with the British and Germans. “He told me long before he came in what was happening. I did not think it was appropriate to meet yesterday. It’s too soon, and things have to be worked out first.”