French President Emmanuel Macron expressed regret today that Tehran still “refuses” to reach a deal on its nuclear program and vowed to continue his efforts to “reason it down”.
“Iran still refuses to seize the opportunity offered to it for a good deal, as the latest talks with the Americans in Doha showed, the French president said as he welcomed Israel’s new prime minister, Yair Lapid, to the Elysee Palace.” In this matter, as in others, we will continue, in close coordination with our partners, all efforts to rationalize Iran,” he added, noting that the Europeans want to end “as soon as possible” the negotiations with Tehran.
Indirect talks held at the end of June in Doha between the US and Iran, brokered by the EU, to “unblock” the Vienna negotiations, achieved “no progress”, according to Washington. Talks in the Austrian capital began in April 2021 with the aim of one the US returning to the 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program (JCPOA) and, on the other hand, Tehran undertaking to once again honor its commitments arising from that agreement.
Israel, for its part, is trying to convince Western countries not to renew this agreement, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran. The Israeli government fears that the lifting of sanctions will allow Iran to refill its coffers and increase its aid to organizations such as the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas.
Macron once again called for additional negotiations to be held on Iran’s ballistic missile program and its ambitions in the region. “We agree with Israel that this agreement (including the JCPOA) is not enough to limit Iran’s destabilizing actions,” he said.
Lapid stressed that Israel disagrees with the JCPOA but shares Macron’s view that it is necessary to address the threat he said Iran poses to the Middle East. “In 2018, you were the first world leader to talk about the need for a new deal with Iran that would have no expiration date and prevent Iran from reaching the nuclear threshold. You were right then and it is still true today. “The current situation cannot be perpetuated. It will lead to an arms race in the Middle East, which will threaten world peace. We must work together to prevent it,” he concluded.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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