Emmanuel Macron, Putin calls for restraint after the US kill Iran’s spy chief

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin called on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid any new escalation after the killing of a top Iranian commander in a US airstrike in Iraq.

Over a phone call on Friday, Macron and Putin discussed the situation in Iraq and neighboring countries and “agreed to stay in close contact for the next few days to avoid another dangerous escalation of tension,” the office of the French president said in a statement.

Macron stressed that 2015 nuclear deal signatories need to remain closely coordinated in order to call on Iran to quickly return to full compliance with its nuclear obligations and to refrain from any provocation, the statement added. (IANS)

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