Thursday, May 15, 2014

Hagel: US-Iran talks ‘not at cost of Gulf security’



Hagel: US-Iran talks ‘not at cost of Gulf security’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Published — Thursday 15 May 2014

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani hold a joint press conference after the GCC meeting on Wednesday in Jeddah. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

ALL-WEATHER FRIENDSHIP: Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, receives US Defense Secretary Chuck Hegel in Jeddah on Tuesday. They discussed major regional and international developments and explored prospects of expanding cooperation between the two countries. (SPA)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Wednesday promised Saudi Arabia and other GCC states that US negotiations to contain Iran's nuclear program would not weaken their security.

“First, these negotiations will under no circumstances trade away regional security for concessions on Iran's nuclear program,” he said while addressing a meeting of GCC defense ministers in Jeddah.

The Pentagon chief added: “Second, while our strong preference is for a diplomatic solution, the United States will remain postured and prepared to ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon — and that Iran abides by the terms of any potential agreement.”

Even if Tehran backs out of the nuclear negotiations, Hagel said, “the US remains committed to our Gulf partners' security.”

Hagel’s reassurance came after Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense called for stronger military cooperation between the US and the GCC, whose security he said is threatened.

“We meet today amid persistent threats to the region's security and stability,” which “necessitate coordination in politics and defense strategies of our countries,” said Prince Salman. “The security of our countries and our people are in danger,” added the crown prince.

Among the issues of concern were “political crises” in some Arab states, as well as “attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and meddling of certain states” in the internal affairs of others, he added.

He voiced hope that “cooperation continues” with the US, stressing “historic and strategic relations” between Washington and GCC countries have “contributed to cementing security and stability in the region.

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Turki bin Faisal was the intelligence chief for Saudi Arabia, and William J. Clinton’s classmate at Georgetown.

Note: William J. Clinton was Turki bin Faisal’s classmate at Georgetown, and is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Saudi Arabia was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Friends of Saudi Arabia was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Chuck Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack Obama administration.
Chas. W. Freeman Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was the assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Intelligence Council chairman nominee for the Barack Obama administration, and a U.S. ambassador for Saudi Arabia.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
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(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)






















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