German Chancellor Olaf Soltz said today during an official visit to Israel that an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program could not be “postponed” while negotiations are under way in Vienna for the revival of the 2015 agreement.
“The time has come to make a decision, we can not postpone it anymore,” Soltz told a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose country strongly opposes an agreement with Iran.
“It’s time to say yes to something that is a good and sensible solution,” Soltz said.
For his part, Bennett said he was watching the Vienna talks “with concern” and that an agreement with Iran that would make it possible to deploy centrifuges “on a large scale within a few years” would not be “acceptable” by the Israel.
“Israel, which considers Iran and its nuclear program a threat to its security as well as that of the Middle East,” will defend itself and take care of its security and its future, “the Israeli prime minister assured.
In recent days, negotiators have been talking about progress in the talks being held in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
The goal is for the US to return to the agreement, which withdrew in 2018 and reinstated sanctions against Iran. In response, Tehran has begun to move away from some of its commitments under the agreement.
Solz kicked off his first visit to Jerusalem as head of the German government from Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, to which he visited this morning.
“Germany caused the mass murder of Jews. It was planned and carried out by Germans. As a result, the German government has a permanent responsibility for the security of the state of Israel and the protection of the lives of Jews,” Soltz wrote in Yad Bassem’s guestbook.
The German chancellor’s visit to Israel comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, forcing Berlin to cancel its plans to operate the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and offer arms to Kyiv.
Solz assured yesterday that “new sanctions against Russia” will be imposed, while he called for an end to the “bloodbath” and assessed that Ukraine “is fighting for its survival”.
Israel has adopted softer tones, promoting its good relations with both Ukraine and Russia.
The country will send 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which, according to local media, refused to offer weapons to Kyiv.
Source: AMPE
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