The group will also then meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the European External Action Service said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have already discussed the Iran nuclear deal after Washington announced its withdrawal from it on Friday. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the 2015 deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran in return for measures restricting its nuclear program, did not go far enough in removing the threat posed by Iran to the United States and its allies in the Middle East.

Source: bd News24 May 11, 2018 10:07 UTC