Macron Says No Indication Tehran Breached 2015 Nuclear Deal
- Macron Says No Indication Tehran Breached 2015 Nuclear Deal
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said that there is “no indication” of Iran breaching the nuclear deal.
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Macron made remarks during at a press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. “If you consider it insufficient but that it’s a step forward from what exist before, it’s better to keep it,” he added. Macron went on to stress the importance of deescalating the situation in order to avoid conflict.He called on “everyone to stabilize the situation and not give into this escalation which would lead to only one thing: conflict.”
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He further noted that it was solid common sense that Washington’s move in ditching the deal would not encourage other parties to respect their obligations. “When you decide to bring an end to a deal on your side, that does not encourage the other party to respect it,” he said, calling this “solid common sense”.
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The Israeli premier stressed he had not asked France to pull out of the deal because it would collapse under the pressure of reinstated US sanctions.
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“I did not ask President Macron to leave the deal. I think that economic realities are going to decide this matter, so it’s not what we focused on,” he noted. “What we focused on, and what I focused on, is how to stop Iranian aggression in the region,” he said.
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US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the accord last month, despite stern international warnings from the other signatories, which consider it to be pivotal to regional and international peace and security.
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Netanyahu, who has been vilifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) since its conclusion in 2015, cranked up his rhetoric against the deal after Trump’s move. Contrary to the US and Israel, Europe insists the 2015 agreement works and Iran has respected it as repeatedly confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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