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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
US defense chief meets Netanyahu
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to ease tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, as the Israeli leader urged lawmakers in Washington to reject the hard-won agreement.
The two men greeted each other with a long handshake before entering talks that lasted nearly two hours, making no public comment about the tensions over the nuclear accord that Netanyahu has harshly condemned.
The meeting comes on the final day of Carter’s visit to Israel, the first stop on a regional tour aimed at reassuring US allies who have concerns over the Iran deal.
He is also to travel to Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
— AFP
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