WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb 11 to discuss renewed US nuclear talks with Iran, and said he told the Israeli prime minister that negotiations with Tehran would continue to see if a deal can be reached.

Mr Netanyahu, who had been expected to press Mr Trump to widen diplomacy with Iran beyond its nuclear programme to include limits on Tehran’s missile arsenal, stressed “the security needs of the State of Israel in the context of the negotiations,” his office said in a statement.