Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized today the US advocacy for changing the nuclear agreement with Iran, while representatives of the German government said that the country will seek more details about what the US wants and analyze the situation with its European partners.
Lavrov said Moscow would not support US demands for changes to the 2015 deal Iran struck with world powers under which it accepted reductions in its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.
On Friday, US President Donald Trump extended the decision on the suspension of sanctions against Iran, but warned that the US will withdraw from the agreement in a few months if the "terrible mistakes" in the agreement are not corrected.
Lavrov said today at a press conference in Moscow that the new US demands to Iran are "regrettable" and cast doubt on Washington's ability to respect international agreements.
In particular, he noted that scrapping the Iran nuclear deal would discourage North Korea from negotiating any future agreement and abandoning its nuclear and missile programs.
"We will not support what the US is trying to do... to change the text of the agreement to include things that are absolutely unacceptable to Iran," Lavrov said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said today that Berlin supports the nuclear agreement. He said that Germany will analyze the situation with its European partners.
German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Adebar said officials will sit down with the Americans to see exactly what goals and demands the American president is seeking. She said that Trump's statements appeared to be primarily addressed to his Congress.
The 2015 agreement was signed by Iran with the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia.
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