US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given his\nconsent to the Iranian diplomat’s unannounced presence on the sidelines of a G7\nsummit, denying on Monday that he was surprised or angry and insisted on\n“unity” with other leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
French President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to Iranian\nForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was a bold gamble that could guarantee a\nbreakthrough in global tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. Macron, who is\nhosting the G7 meeting in the coastal resort of Biarritz, and other G7 leaders\nopposed Trump’s decision last year to withdraw the United States from a nuclear\ndeal with Iran and impose new sanctions. They have been trying to salvage the\nhard-negotiated treaty ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump did not say whether any US officials had met Zarif for\na short while in Biarritz on Sunday. Some US sanctions are aimed at Zarif\ndirectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tensions over Iran, Russia, the US trade war with China and\nthe faltering global economy dominated the three-day summit, which is due to\nend with a joint press conference for both Trump and Macron on Monday. The\ncountries are trying to come up with an initiative to fight the unprecedented\nfires in the Amazon, as well as a long-term global initiative to protect the\nrainforest there and possibly also in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The French president’s announcement came after a\nlate-morning session on climate that Trump missed. He and the other G7 leaders,\nwho also include Germany, Britain, Canada, Italy and Japan, avoided their\ndifferences with Trump, who is known for his doubts about international\ncooperation. Along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump claimed\n“great unity” among leaders on the subject of Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’ve come to a conclusion, more or less. But the\nbiggest part of the conclusion: They can’t have nuclear weapons,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was unclear when Macron invited Zarif or when he told\nother leaders that Iran’s foreign minister was on his way to the meeting. Trump\nsaid that he and Macron spoke directly. The French president’s office said that\neverything ended after a meeting that lasted for several hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
” I said if you want to do that, that’s OK,” Trump\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a televised speech, Iranian President Rouhani also\nappeared on the defensive, protecting his foreign minister from criticism by\nmilitants who refused negotiations until the sanctions were lifted. Iran’s\neconomy has fallen since the United States imposed new sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If I knew that going to a meeting and visiting a\nperson would help my country’s development and resolve the problems of the people,\nI would not miss it,” Rouhani said. “Even if the odds of success are\nnot 90% but are 20 or 10%, we must move ahead with it. We should not miss\nopportunities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkel said one of the achievements of the G7 summit was to\nagree to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons “by political\nmeans.”, without listing any details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron said the summit would end without a final joint\nstatement, hoping to avoid last year’s disastrous meeting in Canada when Trump\nrefused to sign it shortly after he left and tweeted criticism of the host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But officials were expecting more limited agreements on\nissues such as the harmonization of taxes on digital giants of technology\ngiants, which Trump said was approaching the deal after threats of retaliatory\ntariffs on French wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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