Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated in a statement to the state news agency IRNA that “we will meet with the European delegation in Geneva on Friday.”
Jean-Noel Barrot, French Foreign Minister, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Johann Wadephul, German Foreign Minister, and Kaja Kallas, European Union foreign policy chief, are expected to speak at the scheduled meeting in Switzerland.
Early this week, Kallas and the E3 ministers spoke with Araghchi and talked about the need to bring the table back to terms with to prevent further escalation. The two sides agreed to meet face-to-face at Iran’s suggestion.
Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, claimed that Europe would consider agreeing to a negotiated resolution to the conflict. He requested on Wednesday that his foreign minister create a plan with “close partners” in this regard.
After discussing the crisis with Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian foreign minister, Barrot said on Thursday in Paris that the three countries “stand ready to bring our competence and experience on this matter.”
We are prepared to participate in discussions to get Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs permanently canceled, he continued.
Following his briefing in Washington, DC, where he met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Special Envoy to Middle East Steve Witkoff, Lammy made arrangements to travel to Switzerland.
We have a window of opportunity within the next two weeks to reach a diplomatic solution, Lammy said in a statement.
Kallas has argued that diplomacy is still the best course of action to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons in collaboration with other European nations.
Israel has asserted on numerous occasions that its series of strikes are a preemptive strike against Iran.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is peaceful despite the fact that it does not manufacture nuclear weapons. No evidence was found to support Iran’s claim that it was creating these weapons, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Trump weighs his intervention.
Trump said he is considering military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, and diplomatic efforts are now escalating.
Given the “substantial chance” of renewed diplomatic negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, Trump said on Thursday that he would decide within two weeks whether to engage militarily in the conflict.
All but the so-called “bunker-buster” bombs from Iran’s well-defended Fordow uranium enrichment facility, which is buried beneath a mountain, are thought to be out of reach.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, expressed his confidence in Trump’s ability to “do what’s best for America.” He told reporters in Beersheba, “I can tell you that they’re already helping a lot.”
A preliminary agreement between Iran and the world powers to curb its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions was reached in 2013, and a comprehensive agreement was reached in 2015, and the talks will take place in Geneva.
Trump defied his first-ever diplomatic efforts by his European allies to persuade him otherwise during his first year in office, breaking with the Iran nuclear deal.
When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion against Iran’s nuclear facilities and ballistic capabilities on June 12, negotiations between Iran and the US had been ongoing.
A surprise wave of Israeli attacks targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, killing senior generals and nuclear scientists, exacerbated the conflict.
Since Israel launched a surprise wave of airstrikes against Iran a week ago, at least 639 people have been killed and more than 1,300 have been injured in Iran, according to the US-based rights organization Human Rights Activists.
Source: Aljazeera
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