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.
Saudi
Arabia
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).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(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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