Macron's France 'Returning' to Mid-East While Trump Could Be 'Isolated'
- A new European world leader, peacemaker appears. He goes by the name Emmanuel (“god” with us) Macron. He wants to rule like Jupiter(Greek Zeus), the god of gods. I am, of course, highly suspicious.
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by https://sputniknews.com/
France is seeking to return to the Middle East and build bridges with Iran, French expert Milad Jokar told Sputnik, adding that the US risks isolating itself given its assertive stance toward Tehran and threats to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
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Speaking to reporters Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron remarked that the Iran nuclear deal was “not enough” in light of Tehran’s growing influence in the region and its missile program.
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Does it mean Paris is leaning toward Washington and Tel Aviv who are seeking to isolate Iran? Quite the contrary, Milad Jokar, an expert on Iranian affairs and fellow at the Institute for European Prospective and Security (IPSE), told Sputnik France.
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“France has not changed its position… Paris still wants to stay within the framework of existing agreements,” Jokar underscored, referring to the Iran nuclear accords adopted by the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), the European Union (EU), and Iran in October 2015.
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According to the scholar, it is the US who risks being sidelined in case it withdraws from the nuclear deal also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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“Today the ‘nuclear deal’ has the status of ‘UN agreements’,” Jokar pointed out. “If anyone is in isolation [over the deal], it’s [US President Donald] Trump.”
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While addressing the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday Trump lambasted the P5+1 nuclear agreement as “an embarrassment to the United States”and reiterated that the deal was “the worst and most one-sided transaction the United States has ever entered into.”
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Previously, the US president had repeatedly dropped the hint that Washington could unilaterally exit the agreement. Jokar surmised that Trump is trying to manipulate Tehran into making a mistake. However, the Iranian leadership is too smart to fall into his trap.
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The scholar explained that for his part, Macron is proposing a new approach to Mideast affairs: the region needs to be stabilized through close collaboration of all parties concerned, most notably, Tehran.
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“Excluding Iran [from the process] means abandoning the hope that bridges will be built between various states,” Jokar emphasized, adding that the Middle East remains of ultimate importance to Europe given existing trade links with the region, migration and security issues.
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He highlighted that France’s vision differs from that of the United States: Paris is returning to the Middle Eastern region and investing millions in Iran. “Macron has much in common with Mohammad-Javad Zarif, who says that in the global world, security for some cannot be built at the expense of security for the others,” he noted.
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