Maas: Germany shares Iran, Syria goals with US

Maas: Germany shares Iran, Syria goals with US
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his American counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, reaffirmed areas of trans-Atlantic cooperation during a Wednesday (Oct. 3) meeting in Washington, DW reported.

Maas and Pompeo discussed "countering Iranian and Russian aggression, the way forward on Syria, and other key shared priorities," such sharing the burden of NATO, a statement released by the US State Department read.

Germany has criticized the Trump administration for abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear accord. However, in remarks to reporters, Maas underlined that both Germany and the US want to curb Iran’s ballistic missile program.

"In the end, we pursue the same goals with respect to Iran," Maas said. "We just have different paths that we want to follow."

Both Germany and the US also want to see Iran withdraw from Syria, where it supports the Assad regime, as well as work towards a political solution to the seven-year-old war.

Maas pledged more German support to US activities in Syria while underlining that German military participation in response to a potential chemical weapons’ attack was not likely to get the necessary parliamentary approval.

Both countries agreed that the primary objective was to prevent such an attack from taking place.

"There are different ways to participate to help ensure that chemical weapons are not used there and that none are even present," Maas said.

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