KUWAIT CITY, June 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday vowed that the US is not going to do something that may undermine the safety of U.S. allies within the Gulf area relating to Washington’s dealings with Iran.
“We will be fully aligned with our companions within the Gulf,” Rubio instructed reporters in Kuwait Metropolis earlier than departing for Bahrain. “That is why I’ve taken these journeys now, and it is the explanation why I am right here.”
“We’re not going to do something that undermines the safety of our allies, our longstanding allies within the area,” Rubio mentioned.
The highest U.S. diplomat is on a tour of three Gulf nations, in search of to reassure Gulf allies who view a proposed Iran peace deal as too smooth on a regional energy that attacked them within the conflict. After holding talks with the United Arab Emirates chief earlier on Wednesday, Rubio met with Kuwaiti leaders earlier than flying to Bahrain.
The U.S.-Iran accord reached final week — the primary signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution — features a proposed $300 billion fund and the waiver of some sanctions.
Following the signing of the memorandum of understanding final week, the 2 sides have launched technical talks to hammer out the precise implementation of the deal, which drew ire from Democrats and the army hawks among the many Republicans.
“If Iran needs to make a superb and actual deal, the US is open to that. If they are not, then in fact the President has choices,” Rubio mentioned.
He added that the technical negotiators will resume talks on the finish of the month and have been prone to go to Switzerland once more.
(Reporting by Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk; modifying by Michelle Nichols)
