Kuala Lumpur: In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Jordan’s King Abdullah II says Iran’s nuclear program affects Israel as it does the Gulf.
Briefly, he says there are many concerns related to Iran’s activities in the region.
They include the talks the US plans to have with Tehran on the nuclear programme.
On the other hand, he says Tehran’s ballistic technology has improved dramatically.
Attacks on US bases in Iraq and cross border attacks on Saudi Arabia from Yemen are witnesses to that.
“(Attacks on) Israel from Syria and Lebanon to an extent, and what misses Israel, sometimes lands in Jordan.”
While the Vienna talks have been postponed, the King says: “I have a feeling that where the American position is and where the Iranian position is, is somewhat far apart.”
He says Jordan would like to address these regional concerns with the Iranians at those talks, and bridge that gap.
