Both countries issued official descriptions of the call that described it in the vaguest terms and gave no details of the conversation, especially on Iran. The two negotiators who conducted that secret diplomacy were Jake Sullivan, who is now Biden’s national security adviser, and William J Burns, his nominee for CIA director. Netanyahu actively lobbied against the accord in Congress and urged President Donald Trump to abandon it, which he did in 2018. Biden told reporters that the call with Netanyahu was a “good conversation” but offered no details. American officials said there was no significance in the delay, but officials were clearly trying to settle on an Iran negotiation strategy before engaging Netanyahu.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 03:00 UTC