Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Wednesday (December 22) for talks focused on Iran's nuclear program, as negotiations opposed by the Hebrew state attempt to salvage the deal of 2015 with Tehran.
Naftali Bennett recently called for an "
immediate end
" to negotiations with Iran, accusing his enemy of "
nuclear blackmail
", while the West accuse Tehran of continuing to make progress on the atomic front while slowing the talks.
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A senior US administration official told reporters before Jake Sullivan's trip to Israel that Iran would be at the heart of talks with Israeli leaders.
Arrived Tuesday evening, the American adviser met in the wake of President Isaac Herzog, who expressed to him his "
concern
" about the acquisition by Iran of nuclear weapons, "
under the guise of negotiations in Vienna
", a indicated his office in a press release.
International negotiations suspended again
Israel, considered the only nuclear power in the Middle East, fears that Iran will soon become a country on the “
nuclear threshold
”, that is, having enough fuel to produce the atomic bomb.
Concluded between the Islamic Republic and the great powers (United States, Russia, China, France, Germany, United Kingdom), the 2015 agreement has been dead since the unilateral withdrawal of the United States in 2018 and the reinstatement of sanctions, urging Tehran in response to detach itself from most of its commitments.
It offered Tehran the lifting of part of the sanctions stifling its economy in exchange for a drastic reduction in its nuclear program, placed under strict UN control.
Negotiations, which resumed at the end of November after a five-month hiatus, are once again suspended.
Asked about the American channel CNN, the American negotiator Rob Malley said he hoped they would restart "
relatively quickly
".
During his visit, Jake Sullivan is also due to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank.
Negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians have stalled since 2014.
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