U.S., Iran Urged to Talk as European Allies See Window Closing
- France’s Macron engages in last-minute shuttle diplomacy at UN
- No U.S.-Iran meeting would be ‘lost opportunity,’ Macron says
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The leaders of France and the U.K. urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. President Donald Trump to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in what appeared to be rapid-fire shuttle diplomacy aimed at easing tensions and possibly bringing the two leaders together.
French President Emmanuel Macron met separately with both Trump and Rouhani into the evening on Tuesday as he continued to press for negotiations between the two antagonists on his final day at the United Nations. It was his second meeting with Rouhani in 24 hours.