French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Tuesday signaled that Paris would reapply international embargoes on Tehran if no tangible nuclear deal is achieved by late August.
“Iran has violated the commitments it made 10 years ago during the negotiation of the Iranian nuclear deal. France and its partners are therefore justified in reapplying the global embargoes on weapons, banking, and nuclear equipment that were lifted 10 years ago,” Barrot mentioned throughout his doorstep assertion on the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
He warned that and not using a “firm, tangible, and verifiable commitment” from Iran, they might reapply embargoes “by the end of August at the latest,” calling for opening a diplomatic course of resulting in a “negotiated settlement and oversight” of Iran’s nuclear actions.
“We continue to demand an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and the release of all hostages held by Hamas, which must be disarmed. But we also demand that the Israeli government lift the financial blockade on the Palestinian Authority by paying the €2 billion ($2.3 billion) it owes the Authority,” Barrot additional mentioned.
He urged Israel to finish the “colonization” of the West Bank, specifically the “disastrous” E1 settlement undertaking, that “threatens to split the West Bank in two and deliver a fatal blow to the two-state solution.”
“I believe the European Union would do itself credit by following the directions we have proposed: to sanction individuals and entities responsible for violent, extremist colonization, and to cease all forms of direct and indirect financial support for colonization,” Barrot added.
He additional commented on Washington’s current announcement to use 30% tariffs on the EU items, underlining that the US economic system “vitally needs” the European economic system to “function.”
“The threat of the United States applying 30% tariffs on the European Union is an unfriendly act that resembles blackmail and does not reflect the privileged relationship between the US and the EU,” Barrot burdened.
Source: www.anews.com.tr