2023-06-10 22:15:00
Emmanuel Macron called on Iran this Saturday “to immediately end support” for Russia in the war in Ukraine, through the delivery of drones, during a telephone interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raïsi, the Elysée said. .
Emmanuel Macron spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi this Saturday, June 10. The French head of state “warned regarding the gravity of the consequences, both security and humanitarian, of Iran’s delivery of drones to Russia and called on Tehran to immediately put an end to the support it is thus providing to the Russian war of aggression once morest Ukraine,” according to a statement.
During this telephone conversation of regarding 90 minutes, Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart “discussed how to promote relations, in particular the ongoing negotiations (on nuclear) and regional developments”, reported an Iranian official. . According to the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron also “stated his concern regarding the current trajectory of the Iranian nuclear program”, and “recalled the will of France and its European partners to find a diplomatic solution to this question”.
“He stressed the importance of Tehran taking concrete and verifiable de-escalation measures, and implementing, fully and without delay, its international obligations, as well as the commitments made to the International Atomic Energy Agency” on March 4, added the Élysée.
The conversation between the two presidents comes at a time when negotiations between Iran and the international community to revive the Iran nuclear deal have stalled.
For the United States, Russia received “hundreds” of Iranian attack drones
John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said Friday that Russia is “receiving material from Iran to build a drone factory” on its soil and that the site “might be fully operational at the start next year”.
The US government released a satellite image of its planned location for the plant, in the Alabouga Special Economic Zone, some 900 kilometers east of Moscow.
The United States estimates that until last May, Russia received “hundreds” of Iranian attack drones, and accuses it of having used them recently to “attack Kiev and terrorize the Ukrainian population”.
Tehran has repeatedly deemed US accusations of arms supplies to Russia “unfounded”, claiming that it is not a party to the Ukrainian conflict.
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