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France urges Iran not to seek retribution after U.S. strike

Paris – France has urged Iran not to seek retribution in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s elite Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

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24 August 2019, France (France), Biarritz: Emmanuel Macron (r), President of France, speaks with Donald Trump, President of the USA, at the welcome at the lighthouse in Biarritz. The G7 summit will take place from 24 to 26 August in Biarritz. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

“No-one wants war,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told broadcaster BFMTV on Monday evening.

He said that possibilities for negotiations must be created.

“There’s always room for diplomacy,” the minister added.

The  U.S. airstrike has prompted fears over an outbreak of war in the region and left the nuclear agreement struck with Tehran hanging by a thread.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has been trying to bring  U.S. and Iranian representatives together for talks, an initiative he presented at the G7 summit in Biarritz in August but which was not successful. (dpa/NAN)

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