File- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on the Trump administration's Iran policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2018. Other countries are not. That’s their choice,” he told a news conference.“We think we will make real progress. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, however, attend, alongside several officials from Gulf states.It was unclear which ministers would be attending since organizers refused to release the list of participants ahead of Wednesday’s meeting.Hosting the event is a chance for Poland’s conservative government to bolster its ties with Washington at a time when it faces mounting isolation within the EU amid a dispute over its adherence to rule of law standards.“It’s a clear effort to underline their desire to please Washington,” said Piotr Buras, a director of the Warsaw office of the ECFR think tank. “The goals of the conference are also defined by the U.S., not by Poland.

Source: Egypt Today February 14, 2019 11:15 UTC