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Bolton in “Israel”: Iran on Focus

Bolton in “Israel”: Iran on Focus
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White House national security adviser John Bolton arrived into the apartheid “Israeli” entity Sunday on the first leg of an overseas trip.

According to Reports, Bolton’s meeting with “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Iran the focus of talks.

Bolton is one of the US administration’s leading hawks in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. Ahead of a joint dinner at Netanyahu’s residence, Bolton said that “the Iran nuclear weapons program, the ballistic missile programs are right at the top of the list” of global challenges. The two are set for further discussions Monday.

“I’m delighted to be here, and look forward to our discussions,” he told Netanyahu in a video released by the “Israeli” premier’s office.

In his welcoming remarks, Netanyahu said the two would discuss how “to continue to roll back Iran’s ‘aggression’ in the region and to make sure that they never have a nuclear weapon.”

Bolton will meet with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva later in the week as a follow-up to the summit meeting that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had in Helsinki last month, the White House said.

He will also visit Ukraine. Bolton told ABC News in an interview earlier that he planned to discuss Iran’s presence in Syria with Netanyahu.

“Certainly the objective of the United States, of Israel – President Putin said it was Russia’s objective – is to get Iran, Iranian forces, Iranian militias, Iranian surrogates out of the offensive operations they’re in both Syria and Iraq and frankly, to end Iran’s support for Hezbollah,” Bolton said.

He argued that Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and his re-imposing of sanctions had “put a real crimp into the Iranian economy” and affected Tehran’s ability to “conduct offensive operations” in the region.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

 

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