Netanyahu to visit US for Iran talks with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington this week to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and regional influence. The visit was officially announced by Netanyahu’s office on Saturday night (February 7), just one day after high-level talks between the United States and Iran in Oman.
He will leave for Washington on Tuesday (February 10) and meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning (February 11).
A statement from Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister believes that any deal with Iran must include strict limits on its ballistic missile program. At the same time, it is essential to put on the table the issue of ending support for Iranian-backed shadow groups or “proxies” in the Middle East. Netanyahu’s stance largely reflects Israel’s concern over reports that Iran’s missile program was not included in the ongoing US-Iran talks in Oman.
This will be Netanyahu’s seventh visit to the US in Trump’s second term in a year. He is scheduled to return to Israel on the morning of February 13. Netanyahu will be joined on this special visit by Brigadier General Omar Tishler, the future head of the Israeli Air Force, which is considered quite significant.
Meanwhile, a day after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited the US warship ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ stationed in the Arabian Sea. This is the first time Washington and Tehran have held direct or indirect talks since the Israel-Iran war in June.
President Trump has said that a second round of talks with Iran could begin next week and that Iran seems very interested in reaching a deal. However, Israel has made it clear that no deal will be sustainable unless it curbs Iran’s military capabilities in addition to nuclear enrichment.
Source: Times of Israel.