mo4ch:>‘Dead on arrival’: US kicks off Iran summit in Poland, but where are those key European allies? | Mo4ch News

Published time: 14 Feb, 2019 10:48Attended by over sixty countries but widely neglected by key EU nations, a controversial US-led meeting on Iran opens up in Warsaw, raising doubts that European allies will play to Washington’s tune when dealing with Tehran.A summit to promote “peace and security in the Middle East” is officially set to seek ways of making the boiling region a safer place, but its primary focus is expected to be on Iran. The meeting gathered a host of Gulf monarchs and other arch-foes of Tehran, including Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Also on rt.comIsrael and Arab nations discuss 'common interests of war with Iran' - NetanyahuHowever, Washington’s key European allies, including France, Germany, and, for the moment, the UK, have downplayed the importance of the offbeat meeting. Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary, was in Warsaw to chair a Quad meeting on Yemen but not to take part in the Iran summit.France has se…