(Reuters photo)WASHINGTON: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson came to Washington on Monday to lobby US President Donald Trump's administration as European capitals mounted a last-ditch push to save the Iran nuclear deal. He also tried flattery, telling Sky News that if Trump can "fix" the Iran deal and engineer a thaw with North Korea, he would deserve a Nobel Prize like the one his predecessor Barack Obama won. His French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, on a visit to Berlin, said the agreement is "the right way to stop Iran from getting access to nuclear weapons" and "will save us from nuclear proliferation." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday issued a strong warning to the United States not to quit the pact. He also vehemently reiterated his country's opposition to curtailing its non-nuclear missile capabilities, insisting Tehran "will build as many missiles and weapons as needed."

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2018 19:07 UTC