IRAN-NUCLEAR/STEINMEIER Germany's Steinmeier planning Iran trip after nuclear deal

Record ID: 146537

  • Title: IRAN-NUCLEAR/STEINMEIER Germany's Steinmeier planning Iran trip after nuclear deal
  • Date: 14th July 2015
  • Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER ARRIVING TO MAKE STATEMENT OFFICIALS IN HALLWAY (SOUNDBITE)(German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER, SAYING: "It's a historic day because twelve years of negotiations come to an end with this agreement. It's a responsible and good agreement which I predict will increa
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday (July 14) he was planning to go to Iran after major powers agreed a deal over Iran's nuclear programme.
    Iran and six major world powers reached a landmark nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations.
    "It's a historic day because twelve years of negotiations come to an end with this agreement. It's a responsible and good agreement which I predict will increase the security in the Middle East and Iran's neighbourhood," Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters in Vienna where the talks have been taking place.
    "I will certainly travel to Iran, but I don't have concrete travel plans yet," he said when asked by a reporter whether he would travel there.
    Asked to comment on Israel's objections to the accord, Steinmeier said "I am confident that we will be able to convince Israel with the agreement once details become known".
    "Israel is arguing from a position which says that no agreement is better than any agreement. The parties who have been negotiating here for weeks and months do not share this view."
    Iran does not recognise Israel and has in the past said it should be wiped off the map, leading the small Jewish state, widely assumed to possess the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, to portray Iran as a threat to its existence.
    Steinmeier added that sanctions could be returned should Iran not stick to the agreement.
    "What's important is that should Iran not stick to the agreements, there is the possibility to return the the sanctions regime," he said.
    Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations will be lifted in exchange for Iran agreeing to long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.
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