Zarif: Trump Milking Saudis Hundreds of Billions, Must Worry about another 9/11
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Iranian Foreign Minister slammed Sunday US President Donald Trump for his bias speech in the Saudi Kingdom, advising the latter to spend his time in Riyadh discussing how to avoid Saudi Arabians carrying out another 9/11 atrocity in the US instead of making baseless claims about terrorism against other countries.
In his speech to Arab heads of state in the Saudi capital, Trump repeatedly attacked Iran.
Most of the 19 terrorists who murdered nearly 3,000 people in New York in 2001 were Saudi citizens and there have repeated accusations that members of the Saudi hierarchy were complicit in the attack.
Iran's foreign secretary Zarif pointed out Trump had himself previously suggested the Saudis were behind the 9/11 attacks.
Zarif said: "He must enter into dialogue with them [the Saudis] about ways to prevent terrorists from continuing to fuel the fire in the region and repeating the likes of the September 11 incident by their sponsors in Western countries.
"You will find out who really knocked down the World Trade Centre because they have papers out there that are very secret. You will find it's the Saudis, you will find that is the case."
The Iranian official further tweeted: "Iran -- fresh from real elections -- attacked by @POTUS in that bastion of democracy & moderation. Foreign Policy or simply milking KSA of $480B".
Trump has signed a deal to sell $110bn worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia with another $350bn to follow over the next decade. The kingdom is already the biggest client for US military exports.
The US President himself constantly brought up the issue of arms sales while meeting Arab leaders in Riyadh. He promised Qatar's Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, that the two men would discuss "lots of beautiful military equipment because nobody makes it like the United States". Trump noted, in a meeting with Kuwait's Emir, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, that his country were good customers for US arms.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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