European powers will NOT Pressure Iran to persuade it to give up nuclear activities
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PARIS (Reuters) - European powers have called off August 31 talks with Iran on proposed incentives to persuade it to give up nuclear activities the West suspects may be preliminary steps toward making atomic weapons, France said on Tuesday.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said talks on a formal European proposal made earlier this month would not now go ahead because Iran had resumed certain nuclear work in breach of a promise to freeze it while talks lasted.
"There will, in fact, be no negotiations meeting on August 31 since the Iranians have decided to suspend application of the Paris Agreement," Mattei told a regular news briefing.
"So by common accord between the three Europeans it is clear that there will be no negotiations meeting ... as long as the Iranians remain outside the Paris Agreement."
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PARIS (Reuters) - European powers have called off August 31 talks with Iran on proposed incentives to persuade it to give up nuclear activities the West suspects may be preliminary steps toward making atomic weapons, France said on Tuesday.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said talks on a formal European proposal made earlier this month would not now go ahead because Iran had resumed certain nuclear work in breach of a promise to freeze it while talks lasted.
"There will, in fact, be no negotiations meeting on August 31 since the Iranians have decided to suspend application of the Paris Agreement," Mattei told a regular news briefing.
"So by common accord between the three Europeans it is clear that there will be no negotiations meeting ... as long as the Iranians remain outside the Paris Agreement."
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