EU fully supports Iran nuclear deal, says Mogherini as Pompeo heads to Brussels

The EU fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran and wants rival powers to avoid any further escalation over the issue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has said.

“We will continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will,” Mogherini said on Monday before a meeting with the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany, the signatories to the deal.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet EU officials in Brussels on Monday to talk about Iran, Reuters reported.

Mogherini said she was informed during the night of Pompeo’s arrival to Brussels. “We will see during the day how and if will manage to arrange a meeting. He’s always welcome obviously, but there are no precise plans at the moment,” she said.

Pompeo is on his way to Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi, where he plans to meet President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday to discuss Iran.