Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has said that his country will join the US-led coalition, to protect trade routes in the Persian Gulf\u060c \u0670Israeli media reported.<\/p>\n
Katz said \u201cIsrael is part of the U.S.-led coalition to protect trade routes in the Persian Gulf,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an Israeli interest to stop Iranian entrenchment in the region and strengthen relationship with Gulf countries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran favours talks with Washington but the US must first lift sanctions it imposed on Iran.<\/p>\n
“The Islamic Republic of Iran favours talks and negotiations and, if the US really wants to talk, before anything else it should lift all sanctions,” Rouhani said.<\/p>\n
So far only Britain has officially said it would join the mission to protect merchant ships after Iran seized a British-flagged vessel.<\/p>\n
Last month, Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in a retaliatory action, for the seizure of an Iranian vessel by Gibraltar — a British overseas territory. Tension has been running high in the region since then.<\/p>\n
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