The United States will send an additional military contingent to the middle East in response to "aggression of Iran against Saudi Arabia," said the American head of the Ministry of defense mark Esper. The deployment, According to espera, blessed head of the United States Donald trump." This is only the 1st step We are taking to respond to these attacks (in Saudi Arabia - ed.)", - He said. As noted by the head of the joint chiefs of staff Committee, General Joseph Dunford, the number of deployed contingent Will be " moderate "." It is OK to say, because It's not thousands (of troops) ", - He said. The Esper said that North America does not want war with Iran, but " have a large number of defence options ". According to his statement, the purpose of sending a contingent to "send a clear signal that North America support partners in the region," and Express support for " a world order based on respect for the rules ". He added that at present, the US focus on to help Saudi Arabia to strengthen its defense infrastructure." This is done to try to convince the Iranians to return to the diplomatic path ", - assured the head of the defense Ministry. according to his statement, the United States and without the extra defense of a "strong" presence in the region." We are quite confident feel in relation to their positions ", - said the Esper. in addition, the Minister of defense said that North America will accelerate the sending of additional military equipment of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to strengthen their military capabilities. Several oil and gas plants Saudi state-owned Saudi Aramco on 14 September was attacked by the drones, after which the Kingdom was forced to reduce oil production more than doubled. Despite the fact that the responsibility for the attack took upon their own shoulders the Yemeni Houthi rebels, which is fighting against the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, Riyadh and Washington were charged in the incident, Tehran. Iran called It a lie. The government said that attacks on oil installations will harm the whole region, and stressed that such accusations are traditional for the United States and not surprising. despite the lack of evidence of belonging of Iran to attack, trump gave the order to significantly toughen penalties against Tehran. <span style="color:darkgray