Jerusalem, Dec 6, : The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has asked the world powers to “take an aggressive line” towards Iran in negotiations for a reactivation of the 2015 nuclear agreement. Bennett said, “I call upon every country negotiating in Vienna with Iran to take a strong position and make it clear that it is impossible for Iran to negotiate and enrich uranium simultaneously,” Xinhua’s news agency quoted Bennett saying.
The Israeli Prime Minister made this comment while referring to the latest round in talks that was briefly paused in Vienna, Austria’s capital, last week.
According to a statement by his office, he stated that Iran must pay for its violations.
Bennett stated that Israel will continue to press world powers to lift all sanctions.He said that he was in an intensive dialogue with the Americans, British, French, Russian and other world powers on the matter.
Bennett’s comments came as top Israeli security officials were headed to the US and Europe to discuss Iran.
David Barnea, the chief of Israel’s Mossad spy service, flew to Washington on Saturday night.
Defence Minister Benny Gantz plans to leave Wednesday for meetings with Lloyd Austin and Secretary Antony Blinken.
Last week, Foreign Minister Yair Lepid visited London and Paris to discuss negotiations with European counterparts.
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