Biden: US committed to ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapon
SMA NEWS – JEDDAH
US President Joe Biden said his country is committed to ensuring that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
In his remarks at Jeddah Summit for Security and Development, Biden voiced joy for being “once more together with so many vital partners and to strengthening our cooperation on the future of this consequential region of the world.”
President Biden said, “A great deal has changed since I visited this region when I served as Vice President of the United States, both on the world stage and in the Middle East.”
“Around the world, we’re seeing efforts to undermine the rules-based order: with China’s increasingly coercive actions in the Indo-Pacific and beyond; with Russia’s brutal and unprovoked war against its neighboring Ukraine; and with Iran’s destabilizing activities. Here in the Middle East, we’ve also seen critical changes.– “We’re going to continue our counterterrorism efforts working with a broad coalition of countries, including everyone around this table,” according to readout of his speech released by the White House.
“And we will turn our attention and our resources to supporting our partners, strengthening our alliances, and building coalitions to solve the problems facing this region and the world – and the world today. “The United States is clear-eyed about the challenges in the Middle East and about where we have the greatest capacity to help drive positive outcomes.
“Our objectives are focused on – are – excuse me, are focused, realistic, and achievable so that we can target our resources, rebuild trust, and deliver real results.
“And we will operate in the context of the Middle East as it is today: a region more united than it has been in years.”
“Let me state clearly that the United States is going to remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East.”
“As the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex, it is only becoming clearer to me that – how closely interwoven America’s interests are with the successes of the Middle East.”
“We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia, or Iran. And we’ll seek to build on this moment with active, principled American leadership.”
“Our new framework for the Middle East has five key principles.”
