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Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader stated this Monday that he agrees with the latest post he said he saw on the social network of his counterpart from United States, Donald Trump, in which he refers "to work for peace" regarding the conflict involving the latter country, Israel and Iran.
"I agree with the last tweet I saw from President Donald Trump, in which he says that we are going to work for peace, I agree with that tweet," said the ruler.You may be interested in: http://Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a "total ceasefire"
Abinader did not elaborate on the matter when answering a question during his usual meeting with the media on Mondays at the National Palace. The United States attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran last Saturday, which has been facing Israel since June 13. "We have successfully completed our attack against three nuclear facilities in Iran, including Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan. All aircraft are now out of Iranian airspace," Trump announced on Saturday night. In a subsequent televised statement, he added: "Our goal was the destruction of Iran's uranium enrichment capability and an end to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror." Abinader's short response comes hours after the United States Department of State asked Latin American countries this Monday to define "which side they are on" in the conflict with Iran on the eve of the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which begins on Wednesday in Antigua and Barbuda. "It is today a great opportunity for the countries in the region to realize which side they are going to be on, if they are going to support a regime that is a state sponsor of terrorism or what position they are going to take," said a senior official from the State Department in a virtual press conference on the occasion of the assembly. Regarding how the situation in the Middle East may affect the country, Abinader stated that he is monitoring the conflict "hour by hour", but expressed optimism regarding international oil prices, indicating that almost all the hydrocarbons his country imports come from the United States. "We buy the WTI benchmark oil, the problem wouldn't be storage, since the oil coming out of those areas (of the conflict) only reaches 70% of world production," he said.
