Monday, October 23, 2017

Tillerson urges European firms to join sanctions on Iran

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday expressed hope for European firms to impose sanctions on Iran, Al Arabiya local news reported.


He made the remarks in a press conference on the sideline of his visit to Saudi Arabia.

He also called on Iranian army to withdraw from Iraq, welcoming the Saudi-Iraqi coordination council which would be formed soon, describing it as a way to move Iraq forward.

"We are looking for a strong Iraq and this could be through good neighboring ties," he confirmed.

The U.S. official also expressed his country's interest in protecting the Gulf unity.

Meanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir highlighted that the two sides discussed the Iranian threats in the region and the Qatari crisis.

He said that Saudi would negotiate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt, who severed ties with Qatar in June for terrorism support allegations, over the next step about Qatar.
 [china.org.cn/Xinhua]
 23/10/17
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  • U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for all Iranian militias to leave Iraq and "encouraged" Europe to join sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard.


Speaking in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Sunday, Tillerson urged the Iran-backed militias to leave Iraq as the battle against the Islamic State nears an end.

"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," he said, referring to the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State and the abbreviation for the group's former name. "Any foreign fighters in Iraq need to go home and allow the Iraqi people to regain control."
 [upi.com]
 22/10/17

1 comment :

  1. In a tight-lipped statement, Baghdad rejected a call by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iran-backed Shia militias to “go home” after the demise of Islamic State in Iraq...

    Earlier on Sunday, Rex Tillerson said at a rare meeting with top Iraqi and Saudi Arabian officials that Iraq’s Shiite militias – also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) – and their Iranian advisers need to leave Iraq as the struggle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is nearing an end.

    But Baghdad seems reluctant to go along with Washington’s request, judging by a polite but robust remark made on Monday by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office.

    “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” the statement posted on Facebook reads. It added that many PMU members were native Iraqis who made “enormous sacrifices to defend their country and the Iraqi people.”
    rt.com

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