Jerusalem, June 12 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to not let Iran have nuclear weapons until he serves as Israel’s PM, adding that he and US President Donald Trump “are in complete agreement on this issue.” In a statement posted on X, Netanyahu stated, “As long as I am Prime Minister of Israel — Iran will not have nuclear weapons. There is full agreement between me and President Trump on this issue. For over 30 years, I have been at the forefront of the intern…
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Stockholm, May 22 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Iran imposing tolls for transit in the Strait of Hormuz is “simply unacceptable” and “cannot happen”. If this were to occur in the Strait of Hormuz, he said during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Sweden’s Helsingborg, then it would also happen in five other places around the world.”Why shouldn’t countries around the world say ‘we want to do that too?’ Not to mention how vital and crucial that Strait is for ever…
Seoul, April 29 (IANS) Senior officials of South Korea and the United States discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and challenges facing the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. Jeong Yeon-doo, South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Strategy and Intelligence, met with Christopher Yeaw, US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the State Department, in New York on Tuesday (US time) on …
Tel Aviv, Feb 24 (IANS) Israel and India should prioritise vigilance over alarmism through deeper strategic dialogue with NATO partners, stronger non-proliferation mechanisms, and robust regional diplomacy as “quiet preventive measures often prove more effective than public confrontation”, a report said on Tuesday. Writing for ‘Times of Israel’, Sergio Restelli, an Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert, said that both Jerusalem and New Delhi should watch closely as Pr…