Intermediary diplomacy is becoming more active in the United Nations General Assembly held in New York. Leaders from Japan, Britain, Germany and France are seeking direct dialogue with Iran, but attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia cast a shadow. (New York = Shinya Sugizaki, Watanabe Hill, Ryo Aihara)
“It is up to Iran and the US to use this momentum.”
President Macron emphasized on the 24th: Expecting a meeting between Iranian President Rohani and US President Trump, he said, "I believe that the conditions for the US and Iran to return to negotiations early are in place." If the summit meeting is realized, Iran's permanent nuclear weapons development ban, stabilization of the Middle East region such as the Syrian Civil War, and the release of sanctions on the US in Iran will be agenda. The intention to aim for a new form of nuclear agreement was revealed.
Mr. Macron has been striving to mediate between the United States and Iran since Iran began “breaking the limits” of the nuclear agreement as a countermeasure against the United States. He has shown support measures to give Iran about $ 15 billion (about 1.62 trillion yen) and has been looking for a US-Iran summit meeting to ease tensions.
The leaders of Britain, Germany, and France are each ...