It was a depressing moment when a group of German diplomats flew back to Europe in February 2003 from New York. Toger with n Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, y had listened to UN Security Council when United States presented its alleged evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. War was in air.
On voyage across Atlantic, a bold thought arose: if one could no longer prevent arms gang between US and Iraq, one must at least prevent furr confrontation-with Iran, anor country, US President George W. Bush in ” Axis of Evil “had declared to enemy of America.
The nocturnal round in airplane is considered birth of nuclear agreement with Iran, closed in summer of 2015 under Barack Obama after years of laborious negotiations. German and European diplomats are as proud of little as y are to this agreement. They see it as evidence that complicated and seemingly insoluble conflicts can be resolved peacefully if world community only tries to do it resolutely and patiently enough. That diplomacy can prevent wars. Not without reason, Chancellor Angela Merkel recently recommended that crisis with North Korea be resolved on model of Iran negotiations-and offered German aid.
The nuclear contract
More than twelve years had been negotiated, in end re was a historic agreement: agreement on Iranian nuclear programme of July 2015. It has been negotiated by representatives of China, France, United Kingdom, Russia, USA, EU, Germany and Iran. It ended dispute over Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons. Tehran had always denied such plans. Iran is refore restricting its nuclear programme, and country, for example, has almost completely relocated to Russia its stockpile of enriched uranium, which can be used in high concentrations to bomb. Iran has also undergone strict international controls. In return, sanctions against country have been abolished, it can export oil and gas again and has access to international financial market. Sz
Now in Berlin, concern is that Donald Trump continues where Bush was in his first term. The president is about to commit a really serious mistake, says Berlin, an assessment that divides Paris-and even London.
The agreement is also of utmost importance to Chancellor: after agreement in July 2015, Merkel even blessed a 14-page so-called Argumentaire to Vienna Agreement, with which dubious US Congress should be persuaded. The language regime for German diplomats contained five citations with which she campaigned for deal.
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The fact that Trump is looking for ways to redeem its announcement to rip “worst deal of all time” has been looming for weeks. Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel assumes that Trump wants to see agreement terminated. At a meeting in New York, his US colleague Rex Tillerson Beiseitegenommen.
Trump’s foreign minister asked Sigmar Gabriel for support
Trump is not so interested in technical fine print and question of wher Iran has now returned its uranium enrichment to letter was message. He is concerned that mullah regime violates spirit of agreement and does not contribute, as promised in preamble, “positive to regional and international peace and security”.
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Tillerson asked for support, Merkel and or European heads of Government should please speak directly to Trump. It was at same time an admission: The President does not seem to be very much on what his chief diplomat thinks.
The calls have now taken place, even Chancellor spoke with Trump. France, Great Britain and Germany have put forward ir common line in Washington-a warning, coupled with an offer: America cannot want Europe to stand up against United States toger with China and Russia. One is willing to talk about Iran’s behavior and also about possible joint steps. But agreement must not be terminated.
