Tillerson sees very good opportunity for peace in the Middle East

BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the US President Donald Trump "is very committed to the Middle East peace process." "He has a team that he put in place almost immediately upon entering the White House. That team has been working very diligently on new approaches to the peace process," he told a press conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels today.
"We continue to believe there is a very good opportunity for peace to be achieved, and the President has a team that is devoted to that entirely. And I would - with respect to the decision on Jerusalem, I really would leave that until you hear the President's full statement on that," he added.
Tillerson said NATO foreign ministers share a "common view of the threat that Iran poses in terms of its destabilizing activities in the Middle East region, most particularly in Yemen and in Syria, its support for terrorist organizations like Hizballah, its export of lethal weapons, including rockets and missiles." "And that - we're all very concerned about how to address that issue, and that was the discussions that we held in our meeting yesterday. It was very productive discussions," he added, (end) nk.ibi