Washington, Might 19 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has stated he was holding up recent strikes at Iran on the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Trump made the announcement on Reality Social on Monday late afternoon, with none reference to Pakistan, the mediator within the US-Iran struggle.
“I’ve been requested by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to carry off on our deliberate Army assault of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday),” Trump stated.
The President stated that critical negotiations at the moment are going down, and that, of their opinion, as Nice Leaders and Allies, a Deal shall be made, which shall be very acceptable to the US of America, in addition to all international locations within the West Asia and past. “This Deal will embrace, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN! Based mostly on my respect for the above talked about Leaders, I’ve instructed Secretary of Warfare, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Employees, Normal Daniel Caine, and The USA Army, that we’ll NOT be doing the scheduled assault of Iran tomorrow, however have additional instructed them to be ready to go ahead with a full, massive scale assault of Iran, on a second’s discover, within the occasion that an appropriate Deal is just not reached,” Trump stated.
Trump was anticipated to convene his high nationwide safety workforce within the State of affairs Room on Tuesday to debate navy choices, two US officers instructed Axios.
Earlier than his announcement, Trump spoke on the cellphone with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, two sources with information stated, based on Axios. PTI SKU RD RD
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