Israel hosted the highest U.S. army officer, Army General Mark Milley, on Friday for discussions that it stated included the necessity for cooperation on denying Iran nuclear weaponry.
Milley made the beforehand unannounced go to forward of a visit to Israel by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin that may even embody neighbouring Egypt and Jordan – U.S.-aligned Arab states which have affect on Israeli-Palestinian affairs.
“Ongoing cooperation is required in order to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant‘s workplace quoted him as telling Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Amid its long-stalled negotiations with world powers on renewing a 2015 nuclear deal, Western powers say Iran has made advances with applied sciences that would probably yield it a bomb. Tehran denies having any such plan.
Milley spokesperson Colonel Dave Butler stated the final and his hosts would “address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East region” however the assertion didn’t supply additional particulars on the agenda.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
