German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, left, welcomes United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, at the foreign ministry’s guest house Villa Borsig for talks in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 31, 2019. Mike Pompeo is making his first visit to Germany as secretary of state at the start of a four-nation European trip as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran. (Markus Schreiber, Pool/Associated Press)BERLIN — Germany’s foreign minister is traveling to Iran next week to discuss the faltering nuclear accord between Tehran and leading world powers, his office said Thursday. “We want to preserve this nuclear agreement because we believe it is a good agreement that prevents Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,” Adebahr said. Maas discussed the trip with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a recent visit to Berlin, she said.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2019 14:07 UTC