Biden defends from Israel that "diplomacy is the best way" in the face of Iran's nuclear program

Lapid says "the only way" to stop Tehran from getting nukes is to "put a credible military threat on the table"

MADRID, 14 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has defended this Thursday from Israel that "diplomacy is the best way" to deal with Iran's nuclear program, in the midst of talks to try to reactivate the 2015 agreement, to which the authorities Israelis are strongly opposed.

"I still believe that diplomacy is the best path," he said at a press conference with the Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, after their meeting in Jerusalem. Likewise, he has underlined that "firm commitment of the United States with the security of Israel".

"We have discussed the commitment that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons. This is in the vital interests of Israel and the United States and I would add that of the entire world," said the US president.

Biden has thus responded to some previous statements by Lapid during the press conference in which he stressed that "the only thing that can stop Iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force." "The only way to stop them is to put a credible military threat on the table," he argued, before emphasizing that "words are not going to stop them" and "diplomacy is not going to stop them."

"It must not be a bluff, but something real. The Iranian regime must know that if they continue to deceive the world, they will pay a high price," he said. "To protect freedom, sometimes you have to use force. Nobody wants that, but you don't have to run away from it," she argued.

"Israel wants peace and believes in peace. We will never give up an inch of our security. We are obliged to be cautious at every step, but to every country and nation that wants peace and normalization with us, we say: 'Welcome,'" he said. pointed out Lapid, who has asked Biden to convey to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Iran that Israel "reaches out its hand for peace."

Before the press conference, Biden and Lapid published a joint statement on the "strategic partnership" between the United States and Israel in which they reaffirmed the "unbreakable ties" between the two countries and stated that "the United States stresses that an integral part of this commitment is to never allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons", before emphasizing that "it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to achieve this result".

The United States reaffirms its commitment to work with other partners to confront Iran's aggression and destabilizing activities, whether advanced directly or through allies and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad.

The president of the United States began a tour of the Middle East on Wednesday that will take him for the first time since taking office to Israel and the West Bank, where he plans to reiterate his "strong support" for the two-state solution to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and which will also include a stopover in Saudi Arabia.