Netanyahu welcomes the participation of Arab states in the Warsaw conference: "a historic turning point"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday congratulated the Warsaw Middle East Conference, in which Arab foreign ministers were present to discuss their anti-Iranian stance, saying that "we are in the midst of the Middle East." it was a "historic turning point".

Netanyahu told reporters that the conference's opening dinner on Wednesday night was a "historic turning point". "In the hall were some 60 foreign ministers representing dozens of governments, an Israeli prime minister and foreign ministers from major Arab countries, who spoke with force, clarity and extraordinary unity against the common threat posed by the Iranian regime ".

Netanyahu had met with Oman's Foreign Minister yesterday on the sidelines of the Warsaw Conference, during which Netanyahu also stressed that this meeting would "bring changes to the world" (read the detailed news)

Earlier Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the Warsaw summit that "peace and stability in the Middle East can not be achieved without confrontation with the government. Iran".

Netanyahu is expected to meet later this day with US Vice President Mike Pines and his two presidents, George Kouchner and Jason Greenblatt, the US special envoy to the US-Israel peace plan. US officials should also meet with a number of Arab delegations attending the international conference to discuss the peace plan known as "Deal of the Century". Russia, Iran, the Palestinian Authority and a number of European countries have already boycotted the conference.

"There is no doubt that the Iranian aggression in the region is close to Israel and the Arab world," said Wednesday morning the US envoy to the United States for the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt.

The United States and Israel hope to strengthen the pressure on Iran

US Vice President Mike Pence and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt Thursday to step up pressure on Iran at an international conference boycotted by senior European officials worried about US policy at the United States. regard to Tehran.

The meeting, opened on Thursday at the Royal Palace in the historic center of the Polish capital, has as its overall objective to promote "security and peace in the Middle East", but is characterized by the absence of more personalities than 39; aujourd & # 39; hui. Most major European countries have sent second-class officials.

The meeting, which will be held on Thursday in Sochi, will be a summit between President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rowhani and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the conflict in Syria, where Moscow is a key player. In Warsaw, Turkey, a member of NATO, will only be the staff of its embassy.

The Trump administration stressed that it wanted a change in Iranian policy in the Middle East but was not seeking to overthrow the regime, born 40 years ago as a result of the Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah. However, Roddy Giuliani, former mayor of New York and Trump's lawyer, but not of the US government, publicly called for a regime change at the opposition People's Mujahideen rally in Warsaw, close to US conservatives. "Iran must be excluded," he said, calling for "a regime change in Iran in order to establish a democratic and legal system".