12/10/2010 17: 36 Gulf States that neighbor Iran worry the Republic Islamic "aggressive" and support of international sanctions against the regime of the country, Reuters quoted US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday at tours in the Gulf States.
"You can see the General support in the region for the application of sanctions and do our utmost to make effective sanctions and try to influence the Iranian Government to walk away from their nuclear weapons program" said while returning to the United States after Gates stops Oman and the United Arab Emirates United Arab.
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"It clearly is concern, only in this region, but also on aggressive behavior throughout the Iran on Hezbollah, Lebanon and other places in the world", he said. "And I think it is a widely shared concern.
Thursday, after a meeting with the heir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, Gates said the two discussed the need to maintain the pressure on the regime in Tehran economic and diplomatic."We discussed our bilateral relations, including our relationship with the military, and the advisability of multilateral cooperation in the Gulf air and missile defence and maritime surveillance,"Gates said.""
He added: "we have spoken clearly the importance of sanctions and maintain diplomatic and economic pressure and Iran."
Gates also discussed the importance of using the Gulf States in the maintenance of terror-base Yemen escaped control.
"We talked about the Yemen and … concerns that we have on the Yemen and President Saleh (Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh)... as he takes on the challenges," said Gates. "The key to y before there is a crisis with the economic assistance, partnership, capacity building", he said. "I think that the United Arab Emirates United and the Oman participate in these activities, these development projects." Other countries are as well. »
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