Great Britain and Israel want to work together more closely in the future and are calling for a tougher course in dealing with Iran. This was agreed on Monday by British Foreign Minister Liz Truss and her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid at a meeting in London. The areas for increased cooperation therefore include defense, trade, science, cyber security and the development of new technologies.
GUEST POST The two politicians sent a clear message to Iran. They will “work day and night” to prevent Tehran from getting hold of nuclear weapons, the two wrote in a joint guest article in the conservative newspaper “Telegraph”.
However, they did not seem to be entirely in agreement on how to deal with the government in Tehran: While Israel’s Foreign Minister Lapid vehemently warned against the lifting of sanctions against Tehran at a press conference after the meeting, Truss only warned that the talks started on Monday about a revival of the The nuclear agreement in Vienna is “the last chance” for Iran.
TARGET The medium-term goal of the talks is to rescue an agreement that restricted Iran’s nuclear program in order to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. The United States left the pact in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump and revived sanctions that seriously damaged the Iranian economy.
Tehran then expanded its nuclear facilities, produced almost weapons-grade uranium and restricted international inspections. Israel accuses its archenemy Iran of never giving up efforts to develop an atomic bomb and systematically deceiving the international community. dpa
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