(JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that Iran should not be allowed to acquire weapons that would allow it to eliminate Israel, the White House said on Tuesday.
In a U.S. readout of the two-and-a-half-hour call between the two leaders, the pair “spoke broadly about the Middle East” in order to “prevent future conflicts.
“They further discussed the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons and will engage with others to ensure the broadest possible application,” the readout states. “The two leaders shared the view that Iran should never be in a position to destroy Israel.”
Trump has previously said that “Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon” and has imposed a policy of “maximum pressure” on the Islamic Republic as part of an effort to prevent it from acquiring one.
