Israel foreign minister tells Blinken of 'serious reservations' on Iran

[ROME] Israel's new foreign minister in his first meeting with the United States voiced concern on Sunday about talks on Iran but pledged a more cooperative approach with the Jewish state's closest ally.

"Israel has some serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal that is being put together in Vienna. We believe the way to discuss those disagreements is though direct and professional converations, not in press conferences," Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said as he opened a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome.

"In the past few years mistakes were made," Mr Lapid said, referring to former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance with the US Republican Party. "We will fix those mistakes together."

AFP