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'''February 2019 Warsaw Conference''', commonly known as the '''US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw''',<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/led-middle-east-summit-warsaw-190212230343271.html|title=US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw: All you need to know|last=Pietromarchi|first=Virginia|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref> took place on 13 and 14 February 2019 in ], capital of ].<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|title=Iran summons Polish diplomat over planned 'anti-Iranian' Warsaw conference|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/13/middleeast/iran-poland-diplomat-intl/index.html|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=CNN|date=13 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Monitor">{{cite news|title=US allies try to dilute anti-Iran agenda for Warsaw summit|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/allies-dilute-anti-iran-agenda-warsaw-summit-pompeo-trump.html|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Al-Monitor|date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Middle">{{cite news|title=U.S. Says Mideast Conference In Warsaw Not Aimed At Demonizing Iran|url=https://www.middleeastnews.net/news/259155410/us-says-mideast-conference-in-warsaw-not-aimed-at-demonizing-iran|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Middle East News|date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="mehr">{{cite news|title=Poland reacts to Iran's position on upcoming anti-Iran conf. in Warsaw|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/141492/Poland-reacts-to-Iran-s-position-on-upcoming-anti-Iran-conf|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Mehr News Agency|date=14 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="jaz">{{cite news|title=US to host Iran-focused summit in Poland next month|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/host-iran-focused-summit-poland-month-190111142821863.html|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Al Jazeera|date=11 January 2019}}</ref> The conference was hosted by Poland and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/us-to-host-middle-east-focused-conference-in-poland-next-month-4139|title=US to host Middle East focused conference in Poland next month|website=www.thefirstnews.com|language=en|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Middle" /><ref name="mehr" /><ref name="jaz" /> According to the joint official announcement of the meeting, the issues of the event were: “terrorism and extremism, missile development and proliferation, maritime trade and security, and threats posed by proxy groups across the region”.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|title=US backtracks on Iran-focused conference in Poland after objections|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/us-backtracks-on-iran-focused-conference-in-poland-after-objections|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=The Guardian|date=23 January 2019}}</ref> In early February, the US Secretary of State ] had said that the purpose of the conference is to focus on "]’s influence and terrorism in the region".<ref name="Middle" /><ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="irna">{{cite news|title=US backtracks on Iran-focused conference in Poland after EU objections|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/News/83181997|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Irna|date=24 January 2019}}</ref> However, after the European objections to the purpose, the United States was forced to backtrack on planning to build a global coalition against Iran.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="irna" /> '''February 2019 Warsaw Conference''', commonly known as the '''US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw''',<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/led-middle-east-summit-warsaw-190212230343271.html|title=US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw: All you need to know|last=Pietromarchi|first=Virginia|website=www.aljazeera.com|publisher=]|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref> took place on 13 and 14 February 2019 in ], capital of ].<ref name="cnn">{{cite news |last1=Guy |first1=Jack |last2=Yang |first2=Maya |date=13 January 2019 |title=Iran summons Polish diplomat over planned 'anti-Iranian' Warsaw conference |work=] |agency= |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/13/middleeast/iran-poland-diplomat-intl/index.html |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Monitor">{{cite news |last=Rozen |first=Laura |date=23 January 2019 |title=US allies try to dilute anti-Iran agenda for Warsaw summit |work=Al-Monitor |agency= |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/allies-dilute-anti-iran-agenda-warsaw-summit-pompeo-trump.html |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Middle">{{cite news|title=U.S. Says Mideast Conference In Warsaw Not Aimed At Demonizing Iran|url=https://www.middleeastnews.net/news/259155410/us-says-mideast-conference-in-warsaw-not-aimed-at-demonizing-iran|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Middle East News|date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="jaz">{{cite news |date=11 January 2019 |title=US to host Iran-focused summit in Poland next month |work=] |agency= |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/host-iran-focused-summit-poland-month-190111142821863.html |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref> The conference was hosted by Poland and the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/us-to-host-middle-east-focused-conference-in-poland-next-month-4139|title=US to host Middle East focused conference in Poland next month|website=www.thefirstnews.com|language=en|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Middle" /><ref name="jaz" /> According to the joint official announcement of the meeting, the issues of the event were: “terrorism and extremism, missile development and proliferation, maritime trade and security, and threats posed by proxy groups across the region”.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=23 January 2019 |title=US backtracks on Iran-focused conference in Poland after objections |work=] |agency= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/us-backtracks-on-iran-focused-conference-in-poland-after-objections |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref> In early February, the US Secretary of State ] had said that the purpose of the conference is to focus on "]’s influence and terrorism in the region".<ref name="Middle" /><ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="irna">{{cite news|title=US backtracks on Iran-focused conference in Poland after EU objections|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/News/83181997|access-date=26 January 2019|agency=Irna|date=24 January 2019}}</ref> However, after the European objections to the purpose, the United States was forced to backtrack on planning to build a global coalition against Iran.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="irna" />


The Warsaw Conference became the semi-official ground for the ] against ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-warsaw-summit-will-test-u-s-gamble-on-israeli-arab-pact-against-iran-1.6932889|title=Warsaw Summit Will Test U.S. Gamble on Israeli-Arab Pact Against Iran|first=Amir|last=Tibon|date=13 February 2019|via=Haaretz}}</ref> in light of the ] and the ]. The ] in 2017, upon warming ties between Israel and the Gulf States, and received broad media attention in light of the February 2019 Warsaw Conference. The Warsaw Conference became the semi-official ground for the ] against ],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-warsaw-summit-will-test-u-s-gamble-on-israeli-arab-pact-against-iran-1.6932889|title=Warsaw Summit Will Test U.S. Gamble on Israeli-Arab Pact Against Iran|first=Amir|last=Tibon|date=13 February 2019|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> in light of the ] and the ]. The ] in 2017, upon warming ties between Israel and the Gulf States, and received broad media attention in light of the February 2019 Warsaw Conference.


==Press Conference== ==Press conference==
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On 12 February, US Secretary of State and Polish Foreign Minister had a press conference, one day before the summit on the “peace and security for the Middle East” officially begins. Pompeo said that more than 60 states are participating in the Warsaw summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iranintl.com/en/world/pompeo-over-60-countries-are-attending-warsaw-summit|title=Pompeo: Over 60 Countries Are Attending Warsaw Summit|date=12 February 2019|website=Iran International|language=en|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref> On 12 February, US Secretary of State and Polish Foreign Minister had a press conference, one day before the summit on the “peace and security for the Middle East” officially begins. Pompeo said that more than 60 states are participating in the Warsaw summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iranintl.com/en/world/pompeo-over-60-countries-are-attending-warsaw-summit|title=Pompeo: Over 60 Countries Are Attending Warsaw Summit|date=12 February 2019|website=Iran International|language=en|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref>
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==Reactions== ==Reactions==
The first day of the meetings, Israeli Prime Minister, ], wrote on Twitter that the meeting with Arab leaders was to reach a “common interest of war with Iran", repeated in a press release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/benjamin-netanyahu-hastily-deletes-tweet-calling-for-war-with-iran|title=Benjamin Netanyahu hastily deletes tweet calling for 'war with Iran'|date=13 February 2019|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-appears-say-war-iran-common-goal-n971266|title=Netanyahu seems to say Israel, Arabs share goal of war with Iran|website=NBC News}}</ref> Later the tweet was deleted, and the press release amended to "common interest of combatting Iran".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/429856-israeli-prime-ministers-office-deletes-tweet|title=Israeli prime minister's office deletes tweet mentioning 'war with Iran'|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=13 February 2019|website=TheHill}}</ref><ref name=nyt-20190213>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-mideast-meeting-israel.html|title=Israeli Leader Sees 'Common Interest' in Confronting Iran|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=New York Times|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=pmo-20190213>{{cite press release|url=http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Pages/spoke_oman130219.aspx|title=PM Netanyahu's Remarks after his Meeting with Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|location=Israel|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> The first day of the meetings, Israeli Prime Minister, ], wrote on Twitter that the meeting with Arab leaders was to reach a “common interest of war with Iran", repeated in a press release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/benjamin-netanyahu-hastily-deletes-tweet-calling-for-war-with-iran|title=Benjamin Netanyahu hastily deletes tweet calling for 'war with Iran'|date=13 February 2019|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-appears-say-war-iran-common-goal-n971266|title=Netanyahu seems to say Israel, Arabs share goal of war with Iran|website=]|date=14 February 2019 }}</ref> Later the tweet was deleted, and the press release amended to "common interest of combatting Iran".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/429856-israeli-prime-ministers-office-deletes-tweet|title=Israeli prime minister's office deletes tweet mentioning 'war with Iran'|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=13 February 2019|website=]}}</ref><ref name=nyt-20190213>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-mideast-meeting-israel.html|title=Israeli Leader Sees 'Common Interest' in Confronting Iran|agency=]|newspaper=]|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=pmo-20190213>{{cite press release|url=http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Pages/spoke_oman130219.aspx|title=PM Netanyahu's Remarks after his Meeting with Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|location=Israel|date=13 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>


Iran has protested over the conference, calling it a hostile move.{{cn|date=December 2020}} The foreign policy chief of the ], ] said that she will not attend the Warsaw meeting, "which has received a cool reception from ]."<ref name="Middle" /> ] also released a statement on 22 January and cited that ]n officials will not attend the conference, which it described as an "anti-Iran platform."<ref name="Middle" /> Major European powers such as ] and ], refused to send their top diplomats over fears that the summit was designed mainly to build an alliance against Iran.<ref name="auto"/> Iran has protested over the conference, calling it a hostile move.{{cn|date=December 2020}} The foreign policy chief of the ], ] said that she will not attend the Warsaw meeting, "which has received a cool reception from ]."<ref name="Middle" /> ] also released a statement on 22 January and cited that ]n officials will not attend the conference, which it described as an "anti-Iran platform."<ref name="Middle" /> Major European powers such as ] and ], refused to send their top diplomats over fears that the summit was designed mainly to build an alliance against Iran.<ref name="auto"/>


British Foreign Secretary, ], agreed to attend the summit but only on the condition that the United Kingdom, United States, ] and ] hold a meeting on the margins about ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/jeremy-hunt-insists-on-yemen-talks-at-us-summit-on-iran|title=UK to attend US summit on Iran on condition of Yemen talks|last=editor|first=Patrick Wintour Diplomatic|date=25 January 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 February 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> British Foreign Secretary, ], agreed to attend the summit but only on the condition that the United Kingdom, United States, ] and ] hold a meeting on the margins about ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=25 January 2019 |title=UK to attend US summit on Iran on condition of Yemen talks |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/jeremy-hunt-insists-on-yemen-talks-at-us-summit-on-iran |access-date=14 February 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


Speaking in Warsaw, the U.S. Vice President ] called the regime in Iran the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1452091/middle-east|title=Mike Pence: Iran is greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East|date=14 February 2019|website=Arab News}}</ref> Mike Pence, criticized some European countries trying to weaken ] and said Iran is after “another holocaust”.<ref> es</ref> Speaking in Warsaw, the U.S. Vice President ] called the regime in Iran the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1452091/middle-east|title=Mike Pence: Iran is greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East|date=14 February 2019|website=Arab News}}</ref> Mike Pence, criticized some European countries trying to weaken ] and said Iran is after “another holocaust”.<ref> es</ref>


Former ] Mayor, ] said in a press conference in Warsaw that ] should be isolated <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/iran-denounces-led-middle-east-conference-held-warsaw-190213165929977.html|title=Iran denounces US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> Former ] Mayor, ] said in a press conference in Warsaw that ] should be isolated <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/iran-denounces-led-middle-east-conference-held-warsaw-190213165929977.html|title=Iran denounces US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw|website=www.aljazeera.com|publisher=]}}</ref>


Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States said the reason for his taking part in the Warsaw summit was, “to take a firm stand against forces that threaten the future of peace and security," in particular Iranian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1451696/middle-east|title=World powers gather for Warsaw Middle East summit expected to pressure on Iran|date=13 February 2019|website=Arab News}}</ref> Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States said the reason for his taking part in the Warsaw summit was, “to take a firm stand against forces that threaten the future of peace and security," in particular Iranian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1451696/middle-east|title=World powers gather for Warsaw Middle East summit expected to pressure on Iran|date=13 February 2019|website=Arab News}}</ref>


On 13 and 14 February, a group of supporters of the ] that favor "regime change" in the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a rally in Warsaw to coincide with the conference. ], at the time serving as personal lawyer to then-President ], attended the rally and demanded stronger policies against the Iranian government and its human rights violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/559107/World/Europe/Iranians-rally-in-support-of-resistance-at-Warsaw-Conference|title=Iranians rally in support of resistance at Warsaw Conference|date=13 February 2019|work=Saudi Gazette|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://alb-spirit.com/2019/02/13/free-iran-rally-warsaw-calls-recognition-iranian-peoples-right-overthrow-regime/|title=Free Iran Rally in Warsaw calls for recognition of Iranian people's right to overthrow regime|date=13 February 2019|website=Albspirit|language=en-US|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/25861-iranians-rally-outside-warsaw-summit-for-second-day-call-for-regime-change/|title=Iranians Rally Outside Warsaw Summit for Second Day, Call for Regime Change|website=Official Website of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. NCRI is a broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations and personalities founded in 1981 in Tehran by Massoud Rajavi.|date=14 February 2019|language=en-gb|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e763c0c-2f91-11e9-8744-e7016697f225|title=Rudy Giuliani appears on stage with anti-Tehran group once branded terrorists|website=amp.ft.com|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref> On 13 and 14 February, a group of supporters of the ] that favor "regime change" in the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a rally in Warsaw to coincide with the conference. ], at the time serving as personal lawyer to then-President ], attended the rally and demanded stronger policies against the Iranian government and its human rights violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/559107/World/Europe/Iranians-rally-in-support-of-resistance-at-Warsaw-Conference|title=Iranians rally in support of resistance at Warsaw Conference|date=13 February 2019|work=Saudi Gazette|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://alb-spirit.com/2019/02/13/free-iran-rally-warsaw-calls-recognition-iranian-peoples-right-overthrow-regime/|title=Free Iran Rally in Warsaw calls for recognition of Iranian people's right to overthrow regime|date=13 February 2019|website=Albspirit|language=en-US|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e763c0c-2f91-11e9-8744-e7016697f225|title=Rudy Giuliani appears on stage with anti-Tehran group once branded terrorists|newspaper=]|date=13 February 2019 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>


Speaking at the rally held by several hundred ] (MEK) supporters in Warsaw, former New York Mayor Mr. Giuliani said any peace plan in the region needs a “major change in the theocratic dictatorship in Iran”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e763c0c-2f91-11e9-8744-e7016697f225|title=Subscribe to read|website=Financial Times}}</ref> Speaking at the rally held by several hundred ] (MEK) supporters in Warsaw, former New York Mayor Mr. Giuliani said any peace plan in the region needs a “major change in the theocratic dictatorship in Iran”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shotter |first1=James |last2=Huber |first2=Evon |last3=Bozorgmehr |first3=Najmeh |last4=Sevastopulo |first4=Demetri |date=2019-02-13 |title=Rudy Giuliani appears on stage with anti-Tehran group once branded terrorists |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e763c0c-2f91-11e9-8744-e7016697f225 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=]}}</ref>


Speakers at a MEK rally in Warsaw also included Sid Ahmad Ghozali, a former prime minister of Algeria, Robert Torricelli, a former US Democratic senator, along with several members of the Polish parliament.<ref>https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/02/13/president-trumps-lawyer-rudy-giulianis-bashing-iran-poland-mek-mujahedeen-khalq/2857564002/ Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's side project: Bashing Iran, in Poland</ref> Speakers at a MEK rally in Warsaw also included Sid Ahmad Ghozali, a former prime minister of Algeria, Robert Torricelli, a former US Democratic senator, along with several members of the Polish parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hjelmgaard |first=Kim |title=Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's side project: Bashing Iran, in Poland |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/02/13/president-trumps-lawyer-rudy-giulianis-bashing-iran-poland-mek-mujahedeen-khalq/2857564002/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>


The Palestinian militant-resistance group and the ] ] has denounced the conference in which the "Israeli leaders who keep perpetrating heinous crimes against the Palestinian people, desecrating holy sites, and denying the Palestinians of their basic rights."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamas.ps/en/post/1923/hamas-condemns-arab-participation-in-warsaw-conference|title=Hamas Islamic Resistance - Hamas condemns Arab participation in Warsaw conference|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122740/http://hamas.ps/en/post/1923/hamas-condemns-arab-participation-in-warsaw-conference|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Palestinian militant-resistance group and the ] ] has denounced the conference in which the "Israeli leaders who keep perpetrating heinous crimes against the Palestinian people, desecrating holy sites, and denying the Palestinians of their basic rights."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamas.ps/en/post/1923/hamas-condemns-arab-participation-in-warsaw-conference|title=Hamas Islamic Resistance - Hamas condemns Arab participation in Warsaw conference|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122740/http://hamas.ps/en/post/1923/hamas-condemns-arab-participation-in-warsaw-conference|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Turkey also refused an invitation by the United States to attend a summit in ] on countering Iranian influence in the Middle East, on the grounds that it "targets one country", in particular Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/142481/Turkey-not-to-attend-anti-Iran-Warsaw-summit|title = Turkey not to attend anti-Iran Warsaw summit|date = 13 February 2019}}</ref> However, Turkey didn't denounce the participation of Azerbaijan, a fellow Turkic country and ally of Turkey nor Azerbaijan's anti-Iranian stance. Turkey also refused an invitation by the United States to attend a summit in ] on countering Iranian influence in the Middle East, on the grounds that it "targets one country", in particular Iran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/142481/Turkey-not-to-attend-anti-Iran-Warsaw-summit|title = Turkey not to attend anti-Iran Warsaw summit|date = 13 February 2019}}</ref> However, Turkey didn't denounce the participation of Azerbaijan, a fellow Turkic country and ally of Turkey nor Azerbaijan's anti-Iranian stance.


On March 1, 2021, during a speech, former US Secretary of State ] credited the 2019 Warsaw Conference with providing the breakthrough that paved the way for the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kahana|first=Ariel|date=2 March 2021|title=Pompeo: US officials tried to undermine Abraham Accords to help Palestinians|work=Israel Hayom|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/03/02/pompeo-us-officials-tried-to-undermine-abraham-accords-to-help-palestinians/|url-status=live|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> During the actual conference, Secretary of State Pence stated, "Tonight I believe we are beginning a new era, with Prime Minister Netanyahu from the State of Israel, with leaders from ], Saudi Arabia, and the ], all breaking bread together, and later in this conference sharing honest perspectives on the challenges facing the area."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raphael |first1=Ahren |title=In Warsaw, Pence hails sight of Netanyahu 'breaking bread' with Arab leaders |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-warsaw-conference-pence-hails-netanyahu-breaking-bread-with-arab-leaders/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=Times of Israel |date=14 February 2019}}</ref> On March 1, 2021, during a speech, former US Secretary of State ] credited the 2019 Warsaw Conference with providing the breakthrough that paved the way for the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kahana|first=Ariel|date=2 March 2021|title=Pompeo: US officials tried to undermine Abraham Accords to help Palestinians|work=Israel Hayom|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/03/02/pompeo-us-officials-tried-to-undermine-abraham-accords-to-help-palestinians/|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> During the actual conference, Secretary of State Pence stated, "Tonight I believe we are beginning a new era, with Prime Minister Netanyahu from the State of Israel, with leaders from ], Saudi Arabia, and the ], all breaking bread together, and later in this conference sharing honest perspectives on the challenges facing the area."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raphael |first1=Ahren |title=In Warsaw, Pence hails sight of Netanyahu 'breaking bread' with Arab leaders |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-warsaw-conference-pence-hails-netanyahu-breaking-bread-with-arab-leaders/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=Times of Israel |date=14 February 2019}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 26 December 2024

February 2019 Warsaw conference
Host country Poland
Date13–14 February 2019
CitiesWarsaw, Poland
Participants (Hadi government)
In blue: Countries that participated in the conference.
In red: Countries that were invited to the conference but did not participate.

February 2019 Warsaw Conference, commonly known as the US-led Middle East conference in Warsaw, took place on 13 and 14 February 2019 in Warsaw, capital of Poland. The conference was hosted by Poland and the United States. According to the joint official announcement of the meeting, the issues of the event were: “terrorism and extremism, missile development and proliferation, maritime trade and security, and threats posed by proxy groups across the region”. In early February, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said that the purpose of the conference is to focus on "Iran’s influence and terrorism in the region". However, after the European objections to the purpose, the United States was forced to backtrack on planning to build a global coalition against Iran.

The Warsaw Conference became the semi-official ground for the Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran, in light of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict. The coalition emerged in 2017, upon warming ties between Israel and the Gulf States, and received broad media attention in light of the February 2019 Warsaw Conference.

Press conference

Secretary Pompeo Participates in a Joint Press Conference With Polish Foreign Minister Czaputowicz

On 12 February, US Secretary of State and Polish Foreign Minister had a press conference, one day before the summit on the “peace and security for the Middle East” officially begins. Pompeo said that more than 60 states are participating in the Warsaw summit.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview while in Warsaw: "We want the Iranian people to have the opportunity to live in a prosperous, peaceful society, and one that is controlled by their desires, their wishes.”

Reactions

The first day of the meetings, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote on Twitter that the meeting with Arab leaders was to reach a “common interest of war with Iran", repeated in a press release. Later the tweet was deleted, and the press release amended to "common interest of combatting Iran".

Iran has protested over the conference, calling it a hostile move. The foreign policy chief of the European Union, Federica Mogherini said that she will not attend the Warsaw meeting, "which has received a cool reception from European countries." Russia's Foreign Ministry also released a statement on 22 January and cited that Russian officials will not attend the conference, which it described as an "anti-Iran platform." Major European powers such as Germany and France, refused to send their top diplomats over fears that the summit was designed mainly to build an alliance against Iran.

British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, agreed to attend the summit but only on the condition that the United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia hold a meeting on the margins about Yemen.

Speaking in Warsaw, the U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called the regime in Iran the “greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East”. Mike Pence, criticized some European countries trying to weaken US sanctions against Iran and said Iran is after “another holocaust”.

Former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani said in a press conference in Warsaw that Tehran should be isolated

Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States said the reason for his taking part in the Warsaw summit was, “to take a firm stand against forces that threaten the future of peace and security," in particular Iranian.

On 13 and 14 February, a group of supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran that favor "regime change" in the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a rally in Warsaw to coincide with the conference. Rudy Giuliani, at the time serving as personal lawyer to then-President Donald Trump, attended the rally and demanded stronger policies against the Iranian government and its human rights violations.

Speaking at the rally held by several hundred Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) supporters in Warsaw, former New York Mayor Mr. Giuliani said any peace plan in the region needs a “major change in the theocratic dictatorship in Iran”.

Speakers at a MEK rally in Warsaw also included Sid Ahmad Ghozali, a former prime minister of Algeria, Robert Torricelli, a former US Democratic senator, along with several members of the Polish parliament.

The Palestinian militant-resistance group and the ruling party in Gaza Hamas has denounced the conference in which the "Israeli leaders who keep perpetrating heinous crimes against the Palestinian people, desecrating holy sites, and denying the Palestinians of their basic rights."

Turkey also refused an invitation by the United States to attend a summit in Warsaw on countering Iranian influence in the Middle East, on the grounds that it "targets one country", in particular Iran. However, Turkey didn't denounce the participation of Azerbaijan, a fellow Turkic country and ally of Turkey nor Azerbaijan's anti-Iranian stance.

On March 1, 2021, during a speech, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo credited the 2019 Warsaw Conference with providing the breakthrough that paved the way for the Abraham Accords. During the actual conference, Secretary of State Pence stated, "Tonight I believe we are beginning a new era, with Prime Minister Netanyahu from the State of Israel, with leaders from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, all breaking bread together, and later in this conference sharing honest perspectives on the challenges facing the area."

See also

References

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