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France's Macron highlights importance of JCPOA to Netanyahu

Sunday, 14 January 2018 12:16 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 14 January 2018 12:21 AM ]

French president Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech as part of the traditional epiphany cake ceremony, on January 12, 2018 at the Elysee palace in Paris. (Photo by AFP)

French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed the importance of maintaining Iran's nuclear accord during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"The president spoke of the importance of preserving the Iran nuclear deal, and the necessity for all parties to the agreement to respect the commitments they made," said a statement released by the Elysee Palace on Saturday.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump extended waivers of key economic sanctions on Iran for another 120 days but said he was doing so “for the last time.”

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Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.

Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.

On Thursday, Macron has told his Trump that all the signatories to the Iran nuclear deal should respect the terms of the agreement.