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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Foreign Pool Report #6
Thanks to our colleague Stefanie Bolzen, here are the translatet quotes from German chancellor Merz he delivered to German Press after his visit to the WH around 3.45 pm
Iran & Middle East
. “We were united in our assessment of the mullah regime. It has been responsible for the brutal oppression of its own population for decades.”
• “This regime has threatened Israel’s very existence for decades.”
• “Iran’s military nuclear and missile program threatens peace and security across the entire region.”
• “Iran spreads terror. That endangers our partners and all of us.”
• “If this regime now comes to an end, that would be good news for Iran, for the people of Iran, and for the world.”
• “We do not know whether the plan will succeed. It is not without risk.”
• “Iran must immediately stop its indiscriminate attacks. It must end its nuclear program, its missile program, terror and repression.”
• On a future framework:
+ “We want to contribute to a new peace and stability order in the Middle East.”
+ “We want a binding agreement that obliges Iran once and for all to end its military nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”
+ “We want to support the Iranian people in freely determining their own future.”
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. NATO & Transatlantic Security