Rubio thanks Pakistan for the waste
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and thanked Pakistan for its role in advancing peace in West Asia, the State Department said on Thursday.
“Met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and thanked him for Pakistan’s role in advancing peace in the Middle East,” Rubio said in a post on Twitter.
“We agreed on the importance of working together to further strengthen our meaningful partnership for better security and greater prosperity for both our countries,” he said.
Meanwhile, in a development that could reshape the security landscape of West Asia, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he will call an emergency meeting in the White House Situation Room to take a final decision on a comprehensive, multi-part peace deal with Iran.
Adopting Truth Social, Trump outlined the tough, unwavering terms under which the United States is prepared to permanently lift its unprecedented naval blockade, end hostilities, and arrange for the highly complex excavation and destruction of Iran’s deeply buried rich nuclear material.
The president made clear that any comprehensive agreement depends on Tehran permanently abandoning its nuclear weapons ambitions along with the immediate, unconditional opening of the world’s most critical oil chokepoint.
Trump declared, “Iran must agree that they will never have a nuclear weapon or a bomb.” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, “The Strait of Hormuz should be open immediately, with no tolls for unrestricted shipping traffic in either direction. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be eliminated (we have removed many such mines, through detonation, with our great underwater mine sweepers). Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that remain, not exceeding Will happen!”
Signaling an imminent end to the maritime standoff, Trump announced that commercial and international ships stuck in the first US Navy defensive perimeter are free to depart.
