German minister slams Trump's unilateral decisions

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News ID: 24065
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 13:34 - 08 June 2018
TEHRAN, June 08 - Germany's foreign minister said President Donald Trump is "consciously accepting" that unilateral decisions such as the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal could hurt European allies.

German minister slams Trump's unilateral decisionsTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Heiko Maas was quoted in an interview Friday with the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung as saying that the U.S. remains Germany's closest partner outside Europe but that Berlin must explore "new paths" in seeking partners that want to preserve a multilateral world order. He identified Canada and some Latin American countries, among others.

Germany, along with fellow European signatories France and Britain, has vowed to preserve the Iran deal. Maas said that, with his unilateral decisions, Trump "is consciously accepting that the downsides will directly affect Europe."

He added that the Iran decision affects European security interests because "Iran belongs to our extended neighborhood."

Source: AP

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