U.S. postponed due to regional tension joint military exercises with Israel
Date:2012-01-19Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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18 the White House to urge Iran to resume talks on its nuclear program, the Pentagon claimed to have made “fully prepared” to deal with the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, once triggered by an emergency situation.
negotiations fog
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Iran should take concrete steps to restart the negotiations.
Carney did not deny that the direction of Iraq referred to the U.S. letter said, but refused to respond to U.S. President Barack Obama sent a letter to Iranian leaders, I reported: “We never discuss in detail matters relating to foreign contact.”
“If Iran intends to restart the negotiations, it should respond to this letter … (letter) is to promote a channel to restart negotiations.” he said, the letter contained information consistent with U.S. policy on Iran.
Iraq broke off diplomatic relations in 1979, correspondence is very rare. Iranian media reported that U.S. diplomats to Iraq by the Swiss Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hou 赛尼哈梅内伊 handed a secret letter, the letter urged Obama in a direct dialogue between the two countries.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Monday that Western countries are being contacted to discuss the resumption of negotiations, including negotiation time and place. However, the European Union denied.
Western countries found that the use of nuclear energy as a cover, Iran secretly developing nuclear weapons. Iraq denied.
counterattack plans
利昂帕内塔 18, said U.S. Secretary of Defense, the United States in the Gulf year-round to maintain sufficient military strength and ability to respond to any emergency the situation. He said the United States specifically to tell the Iraqi side, will prevent the other party to produce nuclear weapons and blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
some senior Iranian officials have recently warned that if the crude oil export by sanctions, Iraq would block the Strait of Hormuz. The United States warned Iraq oil block that sea transport hub will hit the U.S. “red line.”
some Western military analysts speculated that the Iranian Navy can not afford to block the Strait of Hormuz for a long time, but it can make use of missile attacks, mines and other means to interfere with navigation. U.S. and EU sanctions against Iran to discuss measures to step up. U.S. to delay a large-scale joint military exercises. Officials to explain the exercise postponed until the second half of 2012 because of regional tensions. Panetta said Monday that the delay was Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak should be required to further improve the exercise program.
some analysts believe that the joint exercises aimed at Iran, “pressure.”
Han Jianjun
(Xinhua News Agency for the newspaper feature articles)
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