WASHINGTON: French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Donald Trump called jointly Tuesday for a new nuclear deal with Iran, after the US leader denounced the three-year-old accord as "insane." "We, therefore, wish from now on to work on a new deal with Iran." "I think we will have a great shot at doing a much bigger, maybe, deal," said Trump, stressing that any new deal would have to be built on "solid foundations." He called the initial 2015 deal only the "first pillar" of an eventual wider deal. Iran, meanwhile, has warned it will ramp up enrichment activities if Trump walks away from the accord, prompting Trump to issue a blunt warning.

Source: Bangkok Post April 24, 2018 17:37 UTC