Trump Backs Iran Access to Some Conventional Ballistic Missiles
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RIYADH, June 17 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he supports Iran having access to “some” conventional ballistic missiles, framing the issue as part of a wider non-nuclear track that Arab Gulf nations would help address.
“We’ll be working on a parallel effort with the Gulf nations to address non-nuclear issues, such as the conventional ballistic missiles, which we’ll be talking about and support. I mean, they have to have some, because other people have some. You got to have some,” Trump said at a press conference at the G7 Summit in France.
Trump said he disagreed with the position that Iran should have no ballistic missiles, citing Saudi Arabia and other countries that possess them.
He also played down the potential impact of conventional missiles when compared with nuclear weapons.
“Missiles aren’t the problem. Missiles, they hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet. So the Gulf nations will address the non-nuclear issues,” Trump said. “We’ll be talking about the ballistic missiles, and we’ll talk also about the terrorist proxies that they have that — we don’t want that to happen.”
Source: CNN.
