The G8 summit in Italy draws to a close with US President Barack Obama delivering a direct threat to Islamic state Iran over its uranium enrichment activities.
Obama, speaking at the end of a G8 summit in Italy, said Iran should understand that world countries are “seriously concerned” over its nuclear work, and would not wait “indefinitely” to allow Islamic state to develop a nuclear weapon.
He, however, said that G8 countries are united in their decision to negotiate with Tehran to resolve the international standoff over the Iranian nuclear issue.
“My hope is that the Iranian leadership will look at the statement coming out of the G8 and recognize that world opinion is clear,” Obama told the L’Aquila summit.
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Obama explained that Iranian officials have time to respond to the offer for negotiations until the G20 summit, which is slated to take place in September in Pennsylvania, ahead of the United Nations General Assembly.
“And I think what that does is it provides a time frame. The international community has said: ‘Here’s a door, you can walk through. That allows you to lessen tensions and more fully join the international community,” said the US president.
“If Iran chooses not to walk through that door, then you have on record the G8 to begin with, but I think potentially a lot of other countries that are going to say, we need to take further steps,” he added.
Israel and its allies accuse Iran of attempting to make nuclear weapons.
