WORLD powers urged the United States yesterday not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal ahead of a speech by President Donald Trump.
French foreign affairs spokeswoman Agnes Romatet-Espagne called the agreement a “solid, robust and verifiable tool guaranteeing that Iran will not get nuclear weapons.”
In Germany, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said: “We consider this deal to be an important instrument to prevent Iran's nuclear armament.”
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