LONDON — The “jumbo Iran negotiation” sought by US President Donald Trump will be “very, very difficult” to achieve, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warns Monday.
US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Monday set 12 tough conditions for a “new deal” with Iran after Trump quit the current nuclear agreement.
But Johnson says that he did not see a comprehensive deal “being very easy to achieve, in anything like a reasonable timetable.”
Defending the original deal, Johnson says it “protected the world from an Iranian nuclear bomb, and in return it gave the Iranians some recognizable economic benefits.”
He adds that G20 foreign ministers would discuss the issue when they meet in Buenos Aires later Monday.
Johnson also says Britain was already taking measures to try to shield British companies dealing with Iran from being hit by US sanctions.
“We’re going to do everything we possibly can,” he said.
— AFP
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