basketball THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 16 Page 15 ice hockey Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2021 / RAMADAN 18-19 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17677 16 PAGES 150 FILS KUWAIT FM, U.S. NAT’L SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES US eyes near-full sanctions rollback Regret over leak WASHINGTON, April 29, (AP): The Biden administration is considering a near whole- return to compliance with the accord. Because of the complex nature of the sanctions architecture, that could include non-nuclear sanctions, such as those tied to terrorism, missile development and human rights. sale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a Biden administration officials say this is necessary because of what they describe as a deliberate attempt by the Trump admin- bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear istration to stymie any return to the deal. Under the 2015 agreement, the United States was required to lift sanctions tied to Iran’s accord, according to current and former US officials and others familiar with the matter. nuclear program, but not non-nuclear sanctions. As indirect talks continue this week in Vienna to explore the possibility of reviving the nuclear deal, American Administration officials deny they will remove all non-nuclear sanctions, but have declined to identify those which they be- officials have become increasingly expansive about what they might be prepared to offer Iran, which has been lieve Trump improperly imposed on terrorism and other grounds. driving a hard line on sanctions relief, demanding that all US penalties be removed, according to these people. “Any return to the JCPOA would require sanctions relief, but we are considering removing only those sanctions that are American officials have refused to discuss which sanctions are being considered for removal. But they have said they are inconsistent with the JCPOA,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price. “Even if we rejoin the JCPOA – which remains a open to lifting any sanctions that are inconsistent with the nuclear deal or that deny Iran the relief it would be entitled to should it hypothetical – we would retain and continue to implement sanctions on Iran for activities not covered by the JCPOA, including Iran’s missile proliferation, support for ter- rorism, and human rights abuses.” When president Donald Trump re-im- posed sanctions after withdrawing from the Opinion deal in 2018, he not only put the nuclear sanctions back in but also added layers of terrorism and other sanctions on many of the same entities. In addition, the Trump ad- ministration imposed an array of new sanc- Mohammed bin Salman ... passionate to achieve and tions on previously unsanctioned entities. This has put the current administration in an awkward position: Iran is demanding the removal of all sanctions. If the US doesn’t persistent in liberation from all forms of ‘retardation’ lift at least some of them, Iran says it won’t agree to halt its nuclear activities barred by the deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah understand the meaning of diver- But if the Biden administration makes Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times sifi cation of sources of income. It concessions that go beyond the nuclear- is no longer a rhetoric, but rather a specific sanctions, Republican critics and FEW are the leaders who review behavior entrenched in the minds others, including Israel and Gulf Arab what they have accomplished states, are likely to seize on them as proof in their long-term projects, and of every offi cial. This is because the interest of the leadership and that the administration is caving to Iran. evaluate and correct the faults Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo they fi nd in their work. Among the people is to detach from de- has led the charge among Trump alumni to these leaders is the Saudi Crown pendence on oil. The growth of denounce any easing of sanctions. Prince Mohammad bin Salman the Saudi nation and citizen satis- Former Trump administration officials who, in his televised interview faction is an essential task for the say all the sanctions are legitimate. Ga- with Saudi journalist Abdullah country’s leaders. briel Noronha, a former State Department Al-Mudaifer, had elaborated what Based on this, we say – What senior adviser on Iran, said all the Trump- has been achieved and what is be- has been achieved in the past few era sanctions had been approved by career ing worked on. years is a revolution of the aware- Justice Department lawyers and would have been rejected if they weren’t legiti- The interview contained many ness and salvation that Saudi Ara- mate. messages directed locally and in- bia has waited for a long time un- ternationally, charting a future that til it got the leadership that could Negotiations Saudi Arabia seeks steadily within liberate it from the rigid molds But a senior State Department official the “Vision 2030” while preserv- previously set by the frameworks involved in the negotiations said officials ing its legitimate and national con- of corruption, and made it rampant now “have to go through every sanction to stants without any procrastination. for decades in state institutions. look at whether they were legitimately or The Deputy Prime Minister Therefore, the beginning hap- not legitimately imposed.” of Saudi Arabia had pinpointed The official, who like the others spoke pened by dismantling those molds on condition of anonymity to discuss the everything concerning the Gulf and practices of the corrupt hands, and Arab people, particularly his private talks, also said the US would be people. He highlighted the role either by princes or ordinary citi- prepared to lift sanctions that would oth- of the kingdom in the region and zens, through a historic decision erwise deny Iran the benefits of the deal. the world, reassuring that the that stopped the wastage of tril- Those sanctions could include restrictions lions of riyals since 1980, and re- on Iran’s ability to access the international negative image entrenched in the President Joe Biden on the North Lawn of the White House, April 27, in Washington. (AP) financial system, including dealing in dol- minds of people due to the previ- turned more than $100 billion to the State Treasury. lar-based transactions. ous policies based on closure and “There are sanctions that are inconsis- fear of the future has today be- Given that the confi dence in More to come tent with the JCPOA and as we have said, come a thing of the past. national capabilities is very high, if Iran resumes its compliance with the What has been achieved in fi ve Prince Mohammed bin Salman did nuclear deal ... we would be prepared to years is much greater than what not turn to Western media to ad- lift those sanctions that are inconsistent was expected. The fears over dress the world. He instead chose with the JCPOA,” Price said last week. Saudi Arabia, which had been the the local media, to be the platform Expat terminations in thousands He declined to elaborate on what might be obsession of every Saudi, Gulf and from which it appears, setting the “inconsistent” with the deal. Arab individual, faded with this Saudi constants within which it is KUWAIT CITY, April 29: The Civil Those comments suggest that sanctions determination to shake off the dust imposed on Iran’s Central Bank, its na- possible to walk in good neighbor- Service Commission (CSC) has ter- tional oil and shipping companies, its man- of the past. ly relations, be it with Iran, which minated 6,127 non-Kuwaitis work- In general, the interview was ufacturing, construction and financial sec- “at the end of the day, Iran is a ing in government agencies as part Newswatch tors are on the block. Deal critics briefed the summary of what has been neighboring country, but our prob- of the ‘Kuwaitization’ plan and this on aspects of the Vienna negotiations say achieved since the start of the lem with it is its negative behavior number is expected to increase to they suspect that is indeed the case. “Saudi 2030 project”. The Crown and its support for militias on our 7,970 by the end of this year, reports That’s because the bank, oil, shipping Prince announced that there is NEW DELHI: Kuwait Ambassador to India Jassim Al-Najim borders.” Al-Rai daily. revealed on Thursday that the fi rst emergency aid from Kuwait to and other sanctions, all ostensibly imposed a second stage “Vision 2040,” There is no doubt that Saudi Director of the Job Arrangement India will arrive on Saturday onboard a special military aircraft. by the Trump administration for terrorism, which means that the awakening In a statement to KUNA, Ambassador Al-Najim said that ballistic missile and human rights con- process is based on clear and sci- Arabia is proceeding through an Department at the CSC Aisha Al- Mutawa told the daily that 6,127 non- the emergency aid is coming as a noble initiative of Kuwait in cerns, also affect nuclear sanctions relief. entifi c plans and continuous work. important stage of modernization, order to join the efforts to mitigate the massive impact of the Current officials say no decisions have This kind of march needs an which is if it links its economy Kuwaiti employees in government spread of a new mutated variant of coronavirus, which led to a yet been made and nothing will be agreed official who is a believer, and with the countries of the Gulf agencies were terminated during the record number of deaths and infections.