The German canceller to Israel and the US: the nuclear agreement with Iran can no longer be postponed
Progress in stores in Vienna. Iran: ready for an agreement but we will not wait forever for the US
[2 Marzo 2022]
During his official visit to Israel, German chancellor Olaf Scholz said that “The nuclear deal with Iran can no longer be postponed. What we would like to see is that an agreement is reached in Vienna. Now is the time to make a decision. This should no longer be postponed and cannot be postponed any more ».
Scholz uttered these challenging words during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Naftalí Bennett, who did not take it very well and retorted that “Israel has a responsibility to ensure that the Islamic Republic of Iran never possesses weapons. nuclear. The possibility of signing an agreement that will allow Iran to install large-scale centrifuges in a few years is not acceptable to us. Israel will know how to defend itself and guarantee its security and its future. I hope that our allies around the world do not support the fact that Tehran can massively install centrifuges in two and a half years. “
Germany is certainly an ally of Israel, but evidently the war in Ukraine is leading Western countries to “free themselves” of minor conflicts and to quell conflicts with possible allies of Moscow.
The declaration of the German chancellor is important because Germany is part of the G5 + 1 Group (together with the USA, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom) which has been dealing with Tehran for years and which had reached an agreement with Iran which was then torn apart by Donald Trump.
Although the uranium to operate the Iranian nuclear plants is supplied by Russia, the visit of the German chancellor coincides with a significant progress of the negotiations underway in the Austrian capital, in which the European Union also participates, for the signing of a new agreement. nuclear
Yesterday, however, there were new frictions between Iranians and Americans. The spokesman for the US State Department had threatened to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear talks if Tehran adopts a tough position and the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, immediately retorted that “The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready for an agreement , but it won’t wait forever. For years, the US has withdrawn from the Barjam (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – JCPO, Iranian nuclear agreement, ndr), so it really has to be that this won’t happen again. If the White House makes its decision, the deal is fully within reach and Iran is ready to do so, but it won’t wait forever. “
also for this reason Scholz, choosing the most hostile audience in Tehran, has decided to send a message to the Americans to close this game, dampening a fov colaio of tension stirred up by Putin, even if this will anger the Israeli allies to whom so far it has been freedom absolute maneuvering.