Berlin calls Tehran not to suspend his cooperation with the AIAA, a “bad signal”
The German diplomacy chief called Tehran on Thursday not to suspend his cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), after a vote of the Iranian Parliament in this sense on Wednesday.
“The suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency decided by the Iranian Parliament is a very bad signal. I ask the Iranian government not to embark on this path ”said German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, at a press conference in Berlin with his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand.
Wednesday evening, the director general of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, had castigated this vote, saying that “Iran’s cooperation with [l’AIEA]it is not a favor, it is a legal obligation, provided that Iran remains a country signatory to the non-proliferation treaty ”.
While the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel still holds, two days after being initiated by Donald Trump, Mr. Wadephul welcomed the “Happy signs of hope” From a direct discussion between the United States and Iran on its nuclear program, while stressing that Europeans had to stay at the negotiating table.
At the end of the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday, the American president said: “We are going to speak next week with Iran, we could sign an agreement. »»