Nuclear. De-escalation between Iran and the United States, a priority for France at the UN

The issue of the Iran talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly is whether it is possible to restart a process of de-escalation in the Gulf, said Sunday the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Drian.

A possible meeting between US Presidents Donald Trump and Iranian Hassan Rohani "Is not the number one subject", he said. "The number one topic is, can we resume a de-escalation route with the different actors? " "This is the message that will be sent to those interested that the President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron) and I will have the opportunity to meet in the coming days"continued the head of French diplomacy.

A return to the 2015 agreement

Eight days after attacks on major facilities of the Saudi oil company Aramco, the head of French diplomacy reiterated that the claim of Houthi rebels in Yemen lacked credibility. Ryad says Iran is behind the strikes against the Abkaïk and Khourais sites.

These attacks, added Jean-Yves Le Drian during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, mark a turning point in the crisis that the Gulf has been going through for several months. Calling on Iran to return fully to its commitments under the July 2015 agreement on its nuclear program, he also advocated the opening of broader negotiations including the issue of Iran's missile programs.