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Loss of trust between USA and Europe brings nuclear risks

The Rift Between the U.S. and Europe Brings Nuclear Risks, TIME,  By SIMON SHUSTER/MUNICH  February 21, 2019

“…………The loss of trust between the U.S. and Europe was especially palpable at this year’s Munich summit, a traditional show of mutual reassurance among NATO allies. In her speech to the summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained that the U.S. decision to scrap the INF treaty was made without consulting Europe, even though the treaty concerns Europe’s security most of all. “We sit there in the middle with the result,” Merkel said. Minutes later, when Vice President Mike Pence delivered a greeting from his boss, President Donald Trump, the room full of European diplomats responded with stony silence.
Their chief concern at the summit, at least when it comes to nuclear security, was the U.S. move in May to pull out of the deal with Iran. That deal took nearly a decade to negotiate, and it committed the Islamic Republic in 2015 to halt its nuclear-weapons program. Yet despite U.S. intelligence agencies reporting the deal was working, the Trump Administration scrapped it, imposing new sanctions against Iran and pressuring European allies to do the same. Germany, France and the U.K. have so far refused. ……
without the trust to begin negotiations, the world’s system of nuclear checks and balances will continue unraveling, one treaty at a time.  http://time.com/5534357/us-europe-nuclear-risks/

February 23, 2019 - Posted by | EUROPE, politics international, USA

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