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From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 22, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 22, 2019
Germany says it won’t join US max-pressure campaign on Iran
Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says the country will not follow US President Donald Trump’s approach to Iran, instead prioritizing de-escalation through diplomacy.
Maas says in Paris today that Germany does not want to join in the US’s maximum-pressure strategy.
Following discussions with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian today, the German diplomat says that alongside handling the dangers in the Strait of Hormuz, Europe will continue to play the “diplomatic card.”
He says that “what we need is de-escalation, and my British and French colleagues have the same opinion.”
— AP
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, speaks to the media after a meeting on the divisive migrant issue in Paris, France, July 22, 2109. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
