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If Congress kills Iran deal, sanctions would lose India’s support: US
Washington: White House has cautioned a hostile Republican controlled Congress against killing the historic Iran nuclear deal saying loss of support from countries like India would lead to a collapse of the sanctions regime.
“The key to the success of this latest round of sanctions has been the aggressive enforcement of countries around the world, including countries that aren’t even a party to this particular agreement — countries like India, Japan and South Korea,” the White House Press Secretary told reporters Friday.
These countries “previously relied heavily on the importation of Iranian oil — and by scaling back their oil purchases that had a negative impact on Iran’s economy but also had a negative impact on the domestic economy of those individual countries,” he pointed out.
“So the point is that the sanctions regime would collapse if Congress were to kill this deal,” Earnest said.
“And what that means is it means that the international leverage that we have previously used to reach this agreement would vanish.”
“The second is, Iran would still obtain the financial benefits of sanctions relief — something that our critics have described as a financial windfall,” Earnest said.
“And the problem is, Iran is going to get all of that money and the United States doesn’t get anything for it.”
Asked to explain President Barack Obama’s claim that 99 percent of the world community supports the deal, Earnest said “it was backed by “the Germans, the British, the French, the Chinese, the Russians, the South Koreans, the Japanese, the Indians.”
“All of the countries that were involved in pressuring Iran to come to the negotiating table in the first place,” supported the agreement between the six world powers led by the US and Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“The fact is, if the United States Congress were to successfully kill this agreement, it would have a terrible impact on the standing of the United States in the world,” Earnest said.
This is an agreement not just between the United States and Iran; this is an agreement between the United States, Russia, China, Germany, the UK, and France, and Iran,” he said.
It was also “enthusiastically supported by, as the President said, 99 percent of the international community.”
“And for the United States, because of a congressional action, to isolate our country on such an important issue would be devastating to our standing in the world,” Earnest said.
This is the third time, Obama administration has cited the case of countries like India to sell the deal to its Republican critics as also to bring around some members of Obama’s own Democratic Party who have expressed reservations about it.
Earlier this week, National Security Advisor Susan Rice told PBS that if the Congress failed to approve the deal “Countries like Japan and India that have paid an economic price to implement these sanctions would no longer feel the obligation to do so.”
A White House official also made a similar argument saying when the US “went around to Europe, to China, to India, to South Korea, to Japan, and got them and others to reduce their purchases of Iranian oil, the express purpose of that effort was to get this deal.”
“So if, having gotten this deal, we then kill it, it is hard to see why those countries would then go back along with additional sanctions,” the official said.
Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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