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Paris (AFP)\u2014 French President Francois Hollande and US President Barack Obama on Wednesday jointly urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers on its nuclear programme, Hollande’s office said.<\/p>\nParis (AFP)\u2014 French President Francois Hollande and US President Barack Obama on Wednesday jointly urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers on its nuclear programme, Hollande’s office said.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued after a call between the two leaders, they also expressed support for the text of an agreement put forward by world powers at recent talks in Geneva.<\/p>\n
“The two heads of state expressed their shared determination to obtain from Iran every guarantee that it will finally give up its military nuclear programme,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Hollande and Obama “confirmed their full support for the text agreed” by the P5+1 group of world powers at this weekend’s talks, which they said forms “the basis for a serious, solid and credible agreement”.<\/p>\n
“Now it is up to Iran to give a positive answer,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
In its own statement, the White House said the two leaders were in “full agreement” on the “unified proposal” put forward by world powers in the P5+1 group.<\/p>\n
“They consider the P5+1 proposal to be a sound step toward assuring the international community that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful,” the White House said.<\/p>\n
The statement also highlighted Washington’s close relationship with Paris, after reports it was opposition from France that scuttled a deal with Iran.<\/p>\n
“The United States deeply values its relationship with France, including as NATO allies, and we will continue to consult closely on global security,” the White House said.<\/p>\n
Iran and world powers failed to agree a deal on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme at talks in Geneva at the weekend but are planning to meet again on November 20 for further negotiations.<\/p>\n
Western diplomatic sources say the two sides were close to a deal, but that Iran backed away because it was unhappy with some of the wording in the text presented by the six powers.<\/p>\n
The P5+1 is made up of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany.<\/p>\n
They have been negotiating with Tehran for years over its nuclear programme, which some suspect is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon — a claim Iran vehemently denies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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