Sri Lanka, April 13 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel supports the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.

In a video address to his cabinet, the Israeli prime minister said: "President Trump decided to impose a naval blockade on them. We, of course, support this firm stance."

He also claimed that he spoke with US Vice-President JD Vance on Sunday, after talks with Iran. Vance told Netanyahu "the central issue is the removal of all enriched [nuclear] material and ensuring there is no more enrichment", according to the video address.

Prime Minister Netanyahu noted that Vice President Vance called him from his plane back from Pakistan, and the vice-president gave a detailed update on the progress of the negotiations w...