Overseas Network May 7th According to Sputnik news agency & radio, the French, German and British foreign ministers issued a joint statement today (7th). Britain, France and Germany stressed that the EU will maintain the Iranian nuclear deal, saying that this is the best way to prevent nuclear proliferation.
It is reported that the German and French foreign ministers jointly held a press conference in Berlin on the 7th. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, "We still believe that this agreement makes the world safer; Without this agreement, the world will be less secure. " French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian also said, "We decided to keep this agreement because it is an agreement guarantee against nuclear proliferation and the right way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."
The report said that since US President Trump took office last year, the situation surrounding the Iranian nuclear agreement has been tense. Trump has been threatening to withdraw from the agreement unless the US Congress and the European Union correct all the "defects" of the agreement. EU leaders have recently repeatedly persuaded Trump to keep the agreement, but Trump insisted that the agreement was "anti-Israel".
Us president trump will decide whether to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear agreement before the 12 th. White House sources revealed on the 2nd that Trump has almost made up his mind to quit the Iranian nuclear deal, but it is still unclear what he will do.
French President Macron said recently that if Trump chooses to quit the Iranian nuclear deal, it may lead to war. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also expressed her hope that the United States will stay in the Iranian nuclear agreement. Kim Daroc, the British ambassador to the United States, said that if the United States insisted on withdrawing, Britain would seek other ways to keep the agreement. According to the BBC, British Foreign Secretary Boris has left for Washington for a two-day visit to the United States. Boris’s visit is aimed at urging Trump not to "destroy" the Iranian nuclear deal.
Iranian President Rouhani said on the 6th that no matter what decision Trump made, he already had countermeasures, but if the United States decided to withdraw from the agreement, it would be "too late to regret". In addition, UN Secretary-General Guterres also said in an interview recently that the Iranian nuclear deal is an important diplomatic victory, and if the Iranian nuclear deal is unsustainable, the world may face a new war. He urged US President Trump not to quit the Iranian nuclear deal.
It is reported that Iran reached nuclear issue agreements with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany in 2015. According to the agreement, Iran stopped high-abundance uranium enrichment and was supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency; In the case of Iran’s effective implementation of the agreement, the international community lifted relevant sanctions against Iraq. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is responsible for monitoring Iran’s implementation of the agreement and has issued many reports to confirm Iran’s implementation of the agreement. (Overseas network Jiang Shu translation)