France, Germany to increase efforts to reduce Iran tensions, avert war: ministers
Source: Reuters
JUNE 19, 2019 / 7:29 AM / UPDATED 37 MINUTES AGO
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany will increase their efforts to reduce tensions over Iran, but time was running out and the risk of war could not be ruled out, their foreign ministers said on Wednesday.
“We want to unify our efforts so that there is a de-escalation process that starts,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Paris.
“There is still time and we hope all the actors show more calm. There is still time, but only a little time,” he said.
Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, plan a new push to keep Iran in the 2015 nuclear deal despite Tehran’s threat to violate one of its central limits, but they may be nearing the end of the diplomatic road they embarked on more than 15 years ago, diplomats told Reuters on Tuesday.
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