- Thu May 08, 2014 11:38 am
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Susan Rice reassures Israel on Iran nuclear ambitions.Anyone who listens to any analysis from Susan Rice and believes her is wacky.
Jerusalem (AFP) - US National Security Adviser Susan Rice assured Israel at high-level bilateral talks on Thursday that Washington remained determined to stop Iran developing nuclear arms the White House said.
"The US delegation reaffirmed our commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," said a White House statement released after talks in Jerusalem between Rice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials from both sides.
It was Rice's first trip to Israel since she took office last July and it came shortly after the collapse of US-brokered Middle East peace talks.
The White House is assessing whether to try to salvage its Middle East peace efforts after the collapse in late April of nine months of US-brokered negotiations vigorously promoted by Secretary of State John Kerry.
Rice was due to meet Thursday evening with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss additional aid packages and assurances.
