Donald Trump
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Michael Pompeo
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Neither the Islamic Republic nor the United States is not yet ready to conclude a new agreement. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the President of the United States Donald trump.
“Although I appreciate that [Prime Minister Shinzo] Abe went to Iran to meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but personally I think it’s too early to even think about the conclusion of the agreement. They are not ready, we are too!” – trump wrote on his Twitter page.
The US President added that the Iranian authorities are responsible for the attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The same idea was expressed by U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo, speaking to media workers at the state Department.
“The United States government believes that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the current attacks in the Gulf of Oman,” said the chief of American diplomacy.
According to him, the Iranian authorities threaten to disrupt the transportation of oil from the Middle East to world markets through the Strait of Hormuz, reports TASS. “April 22, Iran has promised the world that disrupt oil transportation through the Strait of Hormuz. He is now working to fulfill that promise,” said the head of the American foreign Ministry.
The United States intends to use a policy of providing economic and diplomatic on Iran, but ready, if necessary, defend with force, added Pompeo.
“Our policy remain economic and diplomatic efforts to bring Iran to the negotiating table at the appropriate time in order to develop a comprehensive deal that removes a wide range of threats. Threats that are visible today around the world. Threats to peace and security,” said the Secretary.
He warned that the United States will be willing to use military tools. “The U.S. will protect its forces, interests, and with partners and allies to protect global trade and regional stability [in the middle East]. We call on all countries who are threatened acts of provocation of Iran to join us in these efforts,” said Pompeo.
He said, “Iran should answer diplomacy with diplomacy, not terror, bloodshed and extortion.”
Pompeo also said that at the initiative of the USA the incident in the Gulf of Oman will be discussed at a meeting of the UN Security Council, which will be held in the coming hours. According to the U.S. Secretary of state, he had instructed American diplomats to “put the issue of attacking Iran at a meeting of the UN Security Council”. “The international community condemns the attack of Iran to freedom of navigation and attacks against civilians,” added Pompeo.
He also said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday “made a historic trip to Iran to ask the regime to renounce escalation and to start negotiations.” The spiritual leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, continued Pompeo, rejected the proposal of the Prime Minister about the talks with the us leader Donald trump. “And the government of the spiritual leader [of Iran] has insulted Japan, attacked the Japanese-owned oil tanker near Iran’s waters, threatening the lives of the entire crew, creating an emergency at sea,” – said the chief of American diplomacy.
The Secretary called stinging response of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif on the attack. “Foreign Minister Zarif may think that it’s funny, but nobody believes, says Pompeo. – We have serious concerns about this incident, which suspiciously coincided with the visit to Tehran of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe”.
According to the Secretary of state, Tehran “does attack, because the regime wants a successful U.S. campaign for providing maximum pressure was abolished.” “No economic sanctions do not give the right of the Islamic Republic to attack innocent civilians, to undermine the situation on the world oil markets and to engage in nuclear blackmail. The international community condemns the attack of Iran, the freedom of navigation and innocent civilians,” – said the chief of American diplomacy.
We will remind, in the Gulf of Oman attacked the oil tankers Kokuka Courageous and Front Altair whose team had 12 Russians. According to preliminary data, the court was torpedoed, after which their crews had to be evacuated.
Kokuka Courageous tanker, registered in Panama and owned by Japanese transport company, transported methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore. The ship Front Altair owned by the Norwegian company Frontline, under the flag of Marshall Islands was loaded with petrochemical raw materials from UAE to Taiwan.