TEL AVIV, 23 December 2021, (TON): The US national security adviser held talks Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who warned that negotiations in Vienna on Iran’s nuclear program had “profound ramifications” for Israeli security.

Bennett’s government has remained firmly opposed to ongoing international efforts to revive a 2015 accord that saw Iran agree to curbs on its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Joe Biden, said his visit to Israel had come at a critical juncture.

Sullivan said, according to an Israeli government statement “it’s important that we sit together and develop a common strategy, a common outlook, and find a way forward that fundamentally secures your country’s interests and mine.”

He did not directly mention Iran but the Israeli statement said the meeting focused on the Vienna talks.

A joint statement said “later, Sullivan and his Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata led a meeting of delegations from both countries.”

The statement added “they discussed the need to confront “all aspects of the threat posed by Iran, including its nuclear program, destabilising activities in the region, and support for terrorist proxy groups.”