European Union powers urge US President Donald Trump to endorse a key nuclear agreement with Iran saying the deal is essential for international security.
The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany throw their weight behind the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and insisted that the Islamic Republic is respecting it.
“There is no indication today that could call into doubt Iranian respect of the agreement,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian tells reporters in Brussels, after a meeting between the Europeans and their Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif.
Le Drian calls on all parties to uphold the agreement, noting that “our American allies should respect it as well. There is no particular reason for any rupture.”
Under the accord, Iran slowed its nuclear program in exchange for an easing of international economic sanctions. Trump is expected to decide by Friday whether to extend the sanctions relief or re-impose the restrictions his predecessor, president Barack Obama, suspended two years ago.
— AP
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