Trump Seeks Russian Support for War on Iran
The readouts from the U.S. and Russian side about yesterday’s phone call between President Trump and President Putin has me concerned about the potential of another war in the Middle East.
The Russian readout has 674 words. It is quite specific about Ukraine issues. There is a two sentences paragraph about the Middle East:
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump also addressed some other international issues, including the situation in the Middle East and in the Red Sea region. Joint efforts will be made to stabilise the situation in the crisis spots and establish cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation and global security.
What those ‘joint efforts’ might be is not specified.
With just 227 words the U.S. readout is much shorter. There is much less on Ukraine. A whole one fourth of the readout is with concern to the Middle East:
The leaders spoke broadly about the Middle East as a region of potential cooperation to prevent future conflicts. They further discussed the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons and will engage with others to ensure the broadest possible application. The two leaders shared the view that Iran should never be in a position to destroy Israel.
Iran, not mentioned by the Russian’s, is mentioned in the context of nuclear (‘strategic’) weapons.
Iran seems to be the next item on Trump’s international meddling list.
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