Friday, 20 June 2025

UK says 'window now exists' for Iran negotiations after Trump sets timeline for US action.

France, Germany and UK to make offer for "complete negotiations" to Iran, Macron says 


 

 The UK's foreign secretary David Lammy has arrived in Geneva ahead of talks scheduled today between European foreign ministers and their Iranian counterpart.

Earlier, he alluded to the urgency of the talks. "A window now exists within the next two weeks to achieve a diplomatic solution," he said in a statement.


US President Donald Trump said he will allow two weeks for diplomacy before deciding whether to launch a strike in Iran.

European diplomats meet in Geneva ahead of Iran talks.published at 09:2

We're starting to see pictures of the foreign ministers of the UK, EU, France and Germany in discussion in Geneva ahead of their meeting with their Iranian counterpart.

The Europeans are hoping to put forward a diplomatic proposal to Iran today to help ease the conflict.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom are ready to make an offer to Iran for “complete negotiations,” French President Emmanuel Macron said just hours before a high-stakes diplomatic meeting gets underway in Switzerland.

Macron warned there should be “no laxity” when it comes to managing the prospect of an “Iran endowed with nuclear arms,” speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a French defense show on Friday.

“A return to negotiations must be absolutely prioritized, including nuclear — moving towards zero enrichment, ballistics for limiting the abilities and capacities of the Iranians and the financing of all the terrorist groups that destabilize the region,” Macron said.

Macron’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, and his German and British counterparts will make an “offer for complete negotiations: diplomatic and technical” to the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, Macron said.

The meeting between the three European nations and Iran is scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) in the Swiss city of Geneva.