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US and Israel cooperate to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: AFP/VNA

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Israel, the press conference took place after talks between the two foreign ministers during Blinken’s visit to the Middle East and before a summit on the same day between the foreign ministers of six countries including the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt.

“We have disagreements about the (Iran) nuclear deal and its implications, but open and honest dialogue is part of the strength of our relationship,” Lapid said at a press conference. friend among us”. He also announced that the two countries would work together to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, despite the aforementioned disagreements.

For his part, Foreign Minister Blinken said that the process of normalizing relations between Israel and countries in the region “is becoming a new normal” and the US “will continue to pursue a two-state solution” to the conflict. Palestinian issue.

Israel is one of Mr. Blinken’s stops on this trip to the Middle East. According to the plan, the US Secretary of State will meet with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Isaac Herzog, before leaving to visit the West Bank of Palestine.

In a related development, on the same day, the US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley said he did not believe in the possibility of an imminent nuclear agreement between Iran and Western powers.

Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar, Mr Malley said: “The sooner we get back to the agreement, the more thorough the implementation of the agreement will be and the more we can rely on it to resolve other issues in the future. relations with Iran as well as between Iran and the region. It is in our interests to reach an agreement soon, and perhaps also to Iran.”

In addition, special envoy Malley affirmed that the US will maintain sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) even if the parties reach an agreement to limit the country’s nuclear program.

For his part, speaking at the Doha Forum, Mr. Kamal Kharrazi, Chairman of the Strategic Foreign Affairs Council, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that Tehran and world powers are about to reach an agreement. nuclear weapons, but stressed that this can only happen if the US side shows political will. According to Kharrazi, it is important for Washington to remove the IRGC from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

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