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Ex-Israel, KSA officials met in Monaco
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal
Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence minister and the former Israeli envoy to the US have reportedly held a meeting on the sidelines of a recent World Policy Conference in Monaco.
According to the Israeli radio, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal publicly shook hands with Itamar Rabinovich during the event.
Turki, who formerly served as Saudi ambassador to Washington, was also invited to Israel to deliver a speech before the Israeli parliament, Knesset, but he reportedly declined.
The Saudi prince has criticized Washington for its policies, saying that the United States has backed out of its commitments to regional allies, the report indicated.
Israeli media reports come at a time that the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia express discontent with the US policy toward Syria and Iran.
Turki said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that Riyadh wants to take part in nuclear talks between Iran and six major world powers.
“It’s important for us to sit down at the same table. We have been absent,” he said.
Ismail Kosari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis, dismissed the request, saying, “I think this request is something new that makes me wonder on what basis or principle they want to participate in the nuclear talks.”
The reason why Iran is negotiating with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Britain, Russia, China and France - plus Germany is that they are members of the UN Security Council, which currently handles Iran’s nuclear dossier, the Iranian lawmaker said.
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20131217/340448_Turki-Faisal.jpg
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal
Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence minister and the former Israeli envoy to the US have reportedly held a meeting on the sidelines of a recent World Policy Conference in Monaco.
According to the Israeli radio, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal publicly shook hands with Itamar Rabinovich during the event.
Turki, who formerly served as Saudi ambassador to Washington, was also invited to Israel to deliver a speech before the Israeli parliament, Knesset, but he reportedly declined.
The Saudi prince has criticized Washington for its policies, saying that the United States has backed out of its commitments to regional allies, the report indicated.
Israeli media reports come at a time that the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia express discontent with the US policy toward Syria and Iran.
Turki said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that Riyadh wants to take part in nuclear talks between Iran and six major world powers.
“It’s important for us to sit down at the same table. We have been absent,” he said.
Ismail Kosari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis, dismissed the request, saying, “I think this request is something new that makes me wonder on what basis or principle they want to participate in the nuclear talks.”
The reason why Iran is negotiating with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Britain, Russia, China and France - plus Germany is that they are members of the UN Security Council, which currently handles Iran’s nuclear dossier, the Iranian lawmaker said.
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20131217/340448_Turki-Faisal.jpg
