• G7 "Positive" meeting between Macron and the Iranian nuclear negotiator Zarif
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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said Monday that the head of the French State, Emmanuel Macron , consulted him on the invitation to the Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif.

Asked if he considered whether Macron had lacked in this regard by inviting Zarif, who yesterday met only with the president and French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, outside the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) more developed countries, Trump responded very clearly.

Macron "asked me for my approval. I don't consider it a disrespect at all. I told him that if he wanted to do it, go ahead, you don't need to ask for my approval," Trump explained, who stressed that "he was aware of what He was "the French president, with whom he has" a great relationship. "

For his part, Trump has said that "I did not want to meet now" with the Iranian government , because it is "too early" in the diplomatic process of discussions to try to rescue the international nuclear agreement with Iran.

In statements with the Egyptian president, Abdelfatah al Sisi , with whom he met today on the sidelines of the G7, Trump has stressed that Iran "is a special country" that "has great potential," but "has to leave the terrorism".

Zarif, a man whom the United States dismissed as an intermediary less than a month ago when imposing sanctions, became the big surprise of this G7 summit yesterday , arriving at Biarritz for an unexpected resumption of contacts at the highest level with Iran .

Macron met Zarif for half an hour at the Biarritz City Hall flanked by his Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian , who spent three hours in total with his Iranian counterpart along with German and British diplomatic advisers.

The meeting was "positive," according to a French government source, and will be continued by contacts throughout tonight and tomorrow, although Zarif left Biarritz late in the afternoon on the same plane he had arrived.

Those responsible for the most developed democracies (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the US) agreed that any dialogue should have two objectives: to prevent the Ayatollah regime from seizing the nuclear weapon and guarantee stability in the region.

But the presence of the Iranian negotiator in Biarritz was preceded by a diplomatic mess between Paris and Washington during the day on account of the supposed role as mediator that Macron had intended to arrogate.

The French Presidency announced in the morning that the G7 had entrusted Macron "to speak and send a message" to Iran. Minutes later, Trump amended the flat to the Gauls spokesmen and denied that France had received that mission.

In the end, Macron had to appear to undo the mess and recognize that the G7 "does not grant formal mandates . " Trump's words bury these differences diplomatically and amicably.

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