It was the night of Saturday, September 14, when the oil plants were attacked in Saudi Arabia. The attack halved the country's oil production - and with that, it accounted for five percent of the world's oil production.
Met in New YorkAlready the day after the attack, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on Twitter and blamed Iran for the attack. And Saudi Arabia followed in the same vein.
From a European perspective, the noises have not been as harsh. French President Emmanuel Macron has hesitated to point out Iran for failing to clamp down on the conflict, according to Reuters. But after a meeting between him, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, the countries made a joint statement on Monday night.
The leaders met for a joint meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. After that, they now point out Iran as directly responsible for the attack. At the same time, they are demanding that negotiations on a new nuclear deal with Iran be started.
"The time has now come for Iran to accept long-term negotiations on their nuclear weapons programs as well as regional security issues which also include their missile programs," the leaders write in the statement.
The previous nuclear agreement with Iran was signed in July 2015. Among the countries that signed then were France, Britain and Germany. The US withdrew from the agreement in May 2018, and since then, among others, Emmanuel Macron has worked to get Iran and the US to sit at the negotiating table again.