From Russia says Iran deal needed to deter North Korea
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is warning that dismantling the Iran nuclear accord would threaten global efforts to halt North Korea’s nuclear program.
Lavrov and others defended the 2015 Iran deal at a UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on non-proliferation that was chaired by US President Donald Trump.
Trump pulled the US out of the accord, arguing it wasn’t tough enough on Iran, and has begun imposing new sanctions.
Lavrov said dismantling the accord would unleash new tensions in the Middle East and “be counterproductive for the efforts underway now to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. These efforts are something we welcome and support.”
He says Russia is working with China and European partners on ways to preserve the Iran deal despite the US pullout.
— AP
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