Cairo (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to assure Middle East allies Sunday that the Iran nuclear deal would make them safer, as he began a regional tour.
Kerry met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry to patch up troubled relations between the two countries with a pledge of support.
He later met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before leaving for Qatar to meet Gulf Arab foreign ministers.
Egypt and other regional states such as Saudi Arabia are suspicious of Iran, which they see as bent on destabilising them.
"There can be absolutely no question that if the Vienna plan is fully implemented, it will make Egypt and all the countries of this region safer than they otherwise would be or were," Kerry told a joint news conference with Shoukry of the nuclear deal.
WNU Editor: This has become the typical response from people like John Kerry who are trying to justify what many think is a bad deal .... give a dismissive statement while attempting to avoid a debate on the deal's merits (or lack of). This U.S. approach is not working .... especially in the Middle East where many have trouble believing that paying billions to the world's chief sponsor of terrorism is going to make the region safer.
If I was the Iranians, I would run some ballistic missile tests as a message to the region "You've talked to Kerry, well check this out".
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