National Security Adviser Eyal Hulta met yesterday (Tuesday) with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan at the White House as part of the strategic talks between Israeli and American teams (US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group).
This is against the background of continued tensions between Iran and Israel and ahead of the opening of another round of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the powers.
At the end of the meeting, White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horn announced that "the meeting included senior defense, military, intelligence, and political officials. ".
It was further stated that Sullivan "emphasized the clear commitment to Israel's security and to the fact that Iran will never acquire nuclear weapons."
In doing so, he actually repeated President Joe Biden during his meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about a month ago, when the American leader used the term "forever" and not just "my shift" as he did in the past.
Sullivan, the spokeswoman said, explained to his Israeli counterpart that "the administration believes the best way to achieve this goal is through diplomacy, noting that the president has made it clear that if diplomacy fails then the US is prepared to turn to other options," without elaborating.
Yesterday, a senior U.S. official told reporters ahead of the meeting that the United States would be "prepared to take steps as needed" in the event that an appropriate nuclear agreement is not reached.
This, a day after Iran again demanded that it receive $ 10 billion in frozen assets as a condition for returning to the agreement.
