Netanyahu meets Obama amid US Iran diplomatic push
In a meeting between Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Obama and Vice President Biden, the US stressed diplomacy must be exhausted with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House Monday for a meeting and working lunch with President Obama and Vice President Biden, amid intensifying US-Iran diplomacy to resolve the nuclear dispute.
"We have to test diplomacy" with Iran, Obama said in remarks with Netanyahu at the White House Monday. "We, in good faith, will approach that. They will not be easy."
"The Prime Minister and I agree that it is imperative that Iran not possess a nuclear weapon," Obama said.
Netanyahu said he appreciated President Obama's assurance that Iran's words "have to be matched by real actions," and urged that sanctions pressure not be relieved until there would be verifiable progress toward dismantling Iran's nuclear program.
