Nuclear dispute: Rubio: Iran needs to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles | EUROtoday

According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Iran is making an attempt to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles. We have already seen how Iran has elevated the vary of the missiles that the nation already has, Rubio informed journalists within the capital of the island state of St. Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre. It is evident that Iran is on the trail to in the future growing weapons that would attain the United States.

Iran already has weapons that would threaten massive components of Europe, Rubio mentioned. The Foreign Minister expressed shock that Tehran continued to search out cash to spend money on missiles with ever better vary, regardless of sanctions and massive financial issues. “This is an intolerable threat,” emphasised Rubio, who can be President Donald Trump’s nationwide safety adviser.

Shortly earlier than one other spherical of negotiations between Iran and the USA in Geneva, Rubio was satisfied that diplomacy was by no means off the desk. President Trump prefers diplomatic options. Rubio mentioned throughout his go to to the Caribbean state of St. Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday (native time) that he would describe the third spherical of negotiations this 12 months, which is because of happen this Thursday, merely because the “next opportunity for talks”.

According to him, the oblique talks mediated by the Gulf state of Oman will focus totally on the controversial Iranian nuclear program. The US delegation is led by particular envoy Steve Witkoff. Rubio additionally mentioned they hoped progress may very well be made. At the identical time, it is usually essential to not neglect that Iran refuses to speak to the USA about its ballistic missiles. “This is a big problem,” Rubio mentioned.