US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said in an interview released on Sunday that President Donald Trump was ready to engage in a constructive dialogue with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and meet him at the UN General Assembly in New York this week. “He’s happy to talk with folks at any time...,” Pompeo said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” one of two appearances on Sunday political talk shows. “The President has been pretty clear about that.” The onus is on Rouhani to reach out, Pompeo added. On “Fox News Sunday,” Pompeo said that if Trump sat down at some point with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei -- however remote that might be -- it would represent “an important and interesting conversation.” “The leader of the country is Ayatollah Khamenei,” he said. “The President said he’ll talk with anyone if we can have a constructive conversation.” Khamenei, who has final say over state matters in Iran, has called for no talks with the US until it returns to the nuclear deal. Notably, Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, signed in 2015 with Iran and five other countries. On the sidelines of the General Assembly, Trump is scheduled to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May. Irans nuclear issue and Trumps willingness to conclude a new deal are expected to lead the talks. Many European companies have pulled out of deals and trade relations with Iran to avoid risking their trade ties with the United States. “When you have a security incident at home, blaming others is an enormous mistake and the loss of innocent life is tragic,” Pompeo said, referring to similar comments from Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Under UN rules, Iran, which isn’t currently a member of the Security Council, can attend a meeting if it’s going to be the main subject of discussion. Trump’s characterization raises the prospect of an encounter, chance or otherwise, between Trump and Rouhani. The rhetoric shows the US pressure campaign is working, and Iran’s economy is faltering, said Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations. The US position remains not to do business with European countries that engage with Iran, and they’re making that decision, Haley said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “If you look, they are dropping business from Iran left and right,” Haley said. “Iran’s economy is plummeting.”