on Friday and until Monday, will Russia, Iran and China hold joint naval exercises in The Indian Ocean and the gulf of Oman. Militærøvelsen comes at a time of great tension between the UNITED states and Iran.
According to China’s spokesman Wu Qian, is the Exercises intended to reinforce the cooperation between the three countries ‘ fleets, it writes Reuters.
Ekstra Bladet has spoken with John Riber, who is militæranalytiker and lecturer at the defense college, in order to hear what the thoughts of which put behind the joint military exercise.
– It is almost no matter, what they really practice. You just need to not be in any doubt that it is something they do to make the world and not least the UNITED states aware of their presence and cooperation.
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the Exercises come at a time of great tension between the UNITED states and Iran. The friction has escalated since last year, when the us president, Donald Trump pulled the US out of Iran’s nuclear agreement, from 2015, and the reintroduction of the sanctions against the country, which is to weaken Iran’s economy.
– in Addition to Iran will show US that they are not alone. Then apply it similarly for Russia and China to make it clear to the UNITED states, that they also play a role in the Middle east, and that they will not find themselves in, how the americans behave towards Iran, believes John Riber.
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the nuclear agreement with Iran is that Iran stop development of its nuclear programme in exchange for lifting of sanctions against the country.
In 2018, pulled out Donald Trump the UNITED states out of the agreement with Iran, because he believed that the current structure of the applicable agreement, not be able to prevent an iranian nuclear bomb.
Both Iran, France, Britain and Germany have expressed a desire to continue the agreement, although the UNITED states is not part of it.
Atomaftalen with Iran, and was signed by the UNITED states, China, Russia, Britain, Germany and France in July 2015, after more than two and a half years of negotiations.
