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Sanctions removal talks 

Iran and the remaining signatories to the 2015 agreement are engaged in intense negotiations aimed at reviving the landmark accord. Now Iran’s foreign minister says the West, the United States in particular, is responsible for a possible failure of the talks. Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in an interview with CNN on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. He had earlier said that Tehran is ready for a good deal in a shortest amount of time provided that the other side is ready to make the necessary political decisions. According to the top diplomat, Iran’s demands, including a verifiable removal of all sanctions that are inconsistent with the 2015 agreement, as well as the guarantees it's seeking for the fulfillment of commitments by other parties, are absolutely reasonable. The eighth round of negotiations to restore the deal is underway in Austria’s capital Vienna. 

Tensions over Ukraine 

In what appears to be a reaction to Washington's latest warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is just around the corner, Germany's foreign minister says it's inappropriate to guess or assume what will happen, at critical times. Annalena Baerbock says even though a threat against Ukraine is very real, it is not known, yet, if an attack has been decided on. She made the comments after hosting a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich. She further said the Group of Seven states, including the United States, have reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and are determined to respond to any violation of its sovereignty. Speaking at the same event, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also pushed back against Washington's dire predictions. He said right now, there's no need to panic. The U-S accuses Russia of planning an attack on Ukraine, but Moscow says that is not true.

Celebrating France pullout 

Joy and celebrations break out in Bamako, the capital of Mali, over a planned withdrawal of French troops. French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his troops will leave Mali in an orderly fashion over four to six months. But Mali’s ruling junta insists that the pullout needs to happen without delay. Relations between the two countries deteriorated sharply after Mali's army seized power in a coup in 2020. France currently has some 5,000 troops deployed across the Sahel, the majority of them in Mali. Paris says its troops are tasked with fighting militancy in the region. But, Mali says the former colonial power intends to partition the country.


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