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Iran rejects ‘unilateral’ GCC statement on Arash gas field
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani rejected ‘unilateral’ statements by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on the Arash gas field.
Kanaani said that Iran has repeatedly announced its principled position on the matter based on international law. The GCC Ministerial Council made claims about the Persian Gulf Arash natural gas field, which Iran shares with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It alleged that only the two Arab countries have the right to exploit natural resources from the field.
“Making one-sided claims will not create any rights for the claimant. We have emphasized the continuation of technical and legal negotiations with the Kuwaiti authorities,” he added.
“Raising such issues in unilateral statements is not acceptable at all.”
Majority of voters think Biden too old to be effective president: Poll
A majority of voters in the US believe Joe Biden is just too old to be an effective president, according to a new poll by the New York Times and Siena College.
According to the poll’s results, 73% of all registered voters believe Biden is too old to be effective, in turn revealing spreading concerns about the 81-year-old president’s mental competency, The Guardian reported.
The results of the wide-ranging poll, which were first released on Friday, are the latest blow to Biden’s election campaign.