French President Emmanuel Macron said he has no \u00ab\u00a0plan B\u00a0\u00bb for the Iran nuclear deal and that the United States should stay in the agreement as long as there is no better option.<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he has no \u201cplan B\u201d for the Iran nuclear deal and that the United States should stay in the agreement as long as there is no better option.
In a Fox News interview on Sunday, the day before he arrives in Washington for a three-day state visit, Macron also said the United States, France and other allies will have a \u201cvery important\u201d role to play in rebuilding Syria after they defeat Islamic State militants.
President Donald Trump has said he wants U. S. forces to leave Syria as quickly as possible, but Macron warned that Iran, which has been Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s most supportive ally, will overrun Syria if the countries exit too quickly.
Macron and Trump will discuss the Iran nuclear agreement at the White House on Tuesday, a senior U. S. administration official said on Friday. They will also discuss the joint military strike on Syria this month following a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus, the official said.
The 2015 deal reached between Iran, the United States and five other world powers put curbs on Iran\u2019s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
\u201cI don\u2019t have any plan B,\u201d Macron said. \u201cLet\u2019s present this framework because it\u2019s better than the sort of North Korean-type situation.\u201d
Macron, who said he and Trump have \u201ca very special relationship,\u201d said he wanted to complete the Iran deal by addressing ballistic missiles and working to contain Iran\u2019s influence in the region.
Trump has called it one of the worst deals ever negotiated and will decide by May 12 whether to restore U. S. economic sanctions on Tehran, which would be a severe blow to the pact. Trump has pressured European allies to work with Washington to fix the deal.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a CBS interview on Sunday the United States would be viewed as an unreliable partner to the international community if it pulls out of the deal. He added that there would be no reason for Iran to remain in the deal if the United States leaves and the benefits for Iran start to diminish.
\u201cThis would be a very bad precedent if the United States sends this message to the international community that the length or the duration of any agreement would depend on the duration of the presidency,\u201d Zarif said.<\/p>\n

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