Saudi FM, The Iran Accord Has Achieved The 5P+1 World Powers’ Objectives
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the Iran nuclear deal appears to have the provisions needed to curtail Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon in what were the most favorable remarks yet from the Kingdom on the recent accord.
Saudi officials had expressed skepticism over the US-led deal coined earlier this month between the 5P+1 UN world powers and Iran.
Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the Kingdom is reassured by Washington, which he said stipulates effective inspections, including of military sites, and the possibility of “snap-back” sanctions if Iran violates the accord.
“We are currently in talks with the American government regarding these details, but it generally seems to have achieved these objectives,” said FM al-Jubeir, who visited Washington in last week.
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter also discussed the deal in the Saudi port city of Jiddah Wednesday with King Salman and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.
Saudi worries that an Iran freed of economic sanctions would strengthen its support for Shiite proxy groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Shiite rebels in Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia to the South. A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March, targeting the Iranian backed rebels known as Houthis and their allies.
“We welcome any agreement that would guarantee Iran’s inability to obtain a nuclear weapon, and that contains an effective inspection mechanism, through which all sites would be inspected, including the military sites, as well as a mechanism to reinstate sanctions against Iran in the event that it violates such an agreement,” FM al-Jubeir said. “These are the principles that we support.”
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