EU's Mogherini: U.S. says will fully implement Iran nuclear deal
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini briefs the media during a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
By Lesley Wroughton | WASHINGTON
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Friday she was reassured during meetings with President Donald Trump's administration that the United States was committed to full implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.
Mogherini said her main intention in coming to Washington was to discuss the accord, negotiated by Iran, the United States and other world powers in 2015, which granted Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
Mogherini said it was important that the deal remains an international agreement. Her visit suggests concern from other countries, including Russia and China, that the Trump administration could withdraw from the deal.
"I was reassured by what I heard in the meetings on the intention to stick to the full implementation of the agreement," Mogherini told reporters a day after talks at the White House and State Department.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-eu-idUSKBN15P1XM
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As expected with this being an international agreement with multiple partners - President Bannon and PM Netanyahu can bloviate/pontificate all they want...but, for the immediate future, the treaty will stay intact.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini briefs the media during a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
By Lesley Wroughton | WASHINGTON
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on Friday she was reassured during meetings with President Donald Trump's administration that the United States was committed to full implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.
Mogherini said her main intention in coming to Washington was to discuss the accord, negotiated by Iran, the United States and other world powers in 2015, which granted Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
Mogherini said it was important that the deal remains an international agreement. Her visit suggests concern from other countries, including Russia and China, that the Trump administration could withdraw from the deal.
"I was reassured by what I heard in the meetings on the intention to stick to the full implementation of the agreement," Mogherini told reporters a day after talks at the White House and State Department.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-eu-idUSKBN15P1XM
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As expected with this being an international agreement with multiple partners - President Bannon and PM Netanyahu can bloviate/pontificate all they want...but, for the immediate future, the treaty will stay intact.
