(20 Jun 2025)
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Geneva – 20 June 2025
1. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul walking to microphone to speak to press
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief:
"So today, today was, the discussions we had with Iran is that the regional escalation benefits no one. And that is why we need to keep the discussions with Tehran open. We agreed that we will discuss nuclear, but also broader issues that we have and keep the discussions open."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, British Foreign Secretary:
"Well, it was important to come from Washington DC this morning and to be here with my European colleagues and to have these discussions with Iran. We were clear, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and the EU and Europe have been clear for many years that that cannot happen. We are keen to continue ongoing discussions and negotiations with Iran. And we urge Iran to continue their talks with the United States. This is a perilous moment and it is hugely important that we don’t see regional escalation of this conflict. And indeed the issues that would cause for all of us, but also for people at home worried about cost of living at this time."
STORYLINE:
Britain’s foreign secretary said after several hours of talks Friday between top European diplomats and their Iranian counterparts that Europe is “keen to continue ongoing discussions and negotiations with Iran.”
David Lammy said Europeans were clear in talks in Geneva that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said "regional escalation benefits no one."
"That is why we need to keep the discussions with Tehran open. We agreed that we will discuss nuclear, but also broader issues, that we have and keep the discussions open," she added.
The ministers gave few details and took no questions.
Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany, as well as the European Union’s foreign policy chief, emerged from talks at a Geneva hotel about 3 1/2 hours after Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived for the meeting.
Araghchi also made a brief appearance before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
He said that Israel’s “attacks on nuclear facilities are grave war crimes,” and insisted that “we are entitled … and determined to defend our territorial integrity, national sovereignty and security with all force.”
Iran has long insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though it was the only non-nuclear-armed state to enrich uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
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