US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (AP Photo) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (AP Photo)The US will send diplomats to Europe to discuss the Iran nuclear deal with their European counterparts, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday. A team that will meet with counterparts,” Xinhua quoted Tillerson, who was en route to France, as saying. Tillerson’s words came over a week after US President Donald Trump threatened a withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal if the US Congress and his European allies cannot fix the alleged “disastrous flaws.”European top diplomats reasserted their commitments to Iran nuclear deal ahead of Trump’s decision. Tillerson is on a seven-day trip to Europe kicking off on Sunday, covering London, Paris, Warsaw and Davos. His tour came as the trans-Atlantic ties have been challenged by widening division over the US proposed revision of the Iran nuclear deal, among others.

Source: Indian Express January 23, 2018 06:11 UTC