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Mike Pompeo UK ‘acknowledges hazard postured by Iran’, states Raab
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dominic Raab (left) met Mike Pompeo in Washington UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said he recognises the threat Iran poses in the Middle East and the US’s “right to self-defence”, after talks with his counterpart in Washington.His meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes less than…
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Dominic Raab (left) fulfilled Mike Pompeo in Washington.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has actually stated he acknowledges the danger Iran positions in the Middle East and the United States’s “right to self-defence”, after talks with his equivalent in Washington.
His conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes less than a day after Iran fired rockets at air bases housing US soldiers in Iraq.
Mr Raab also reiterated his support for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.
” We wish to see the stress de-escalated,” he stated.
The currently tense relationship between the US and Iran has degraded substantially in current days, after an US drone strike eliminated one of Iran’s top military leaders, General Qasem Soleimani.
Mr Raab invited US President Donald Trump’s call for a diplomatic resolution following Iran’s retaliatory rocket strikes.
” Of course it also needs the federal government in Iran to be ready and dedicated to that result too,” he added.
The United States government said Gen Soleimani had been plotting “impending attacks”, however Mr Raab refused to say whether he had actually seen any intelligence on this.
Mr Raab restated the UK’s dedication to the Joint Comprehensive Strategy (JCPOA) on limiting Iran’s nuclear programme,
The foreign secretary stated the UK government was “looking very hard at what need to happen next” after Iran declared previously today that it would desert all limitations on its enrichment of uranium.
” We are definitely devoted, as our American and European partners are, to avoiding Iran getting a nuclear weapon,” he stated.
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Iran’s statement marked additional fracturing of the 2015 nuclear offer, in which the country concurred to restrict delicate nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.
The US withdrew from the deal in 2018, however the other parties – the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia – stated they were still committed to it.
Mr Raab stated that, while the UK has been committed to the deal, “we’ve reached a point where non-compliance has been so severe in the most recent actions taken by Iran.”
Asked whether there was still a chance that the deal might make it through if Iran began to support its dedications, he said: “There is a chance to build on this deal.
” However ultimately the objective is the most essential thing which is to prevent the threat of Iran looking for – not to mention obtaining – a nuclear weapon.”
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