Sputnik News- Germany keeps working with the upcoming US administration to preserve agreements on Iran's nuclear program, German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Monday. BERLIN (Sputnik) In an interview with The Times, US President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed he was "not happy with the Iran deal," calling it "one of the worst deals ...

TASS- The issue of the political future of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, should be a matter of discussion at the talks on Syria in Kazakhstans capital Astana, German Foreign Ministry spokesman, Martin Schaefer, said on Monday. "The issue of Assads political future and the role of opposition groups in forming the transitional government should ...

ILNA: German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer underlined the broadening of relations between Berlin and Tehran. 'We are very interested to deepen our good relations with Iran at all levels,' Schaefer told reporters on Friday. He underlined that German foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier is having the best cooperation with his Iranian ...

Berlin, June 12, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit Germany on Wednesday, according to German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer. Zarif is expected to confer with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The German foreign minister will host Zarif organizing dinner banquet in his honor in German Foreign ...

Berlin, Jan 29, IRNA -- German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said that Foreign Minister Frank?Walter Steinmeier's upcoming visit to Tehran and Riyadh is aimed at advancement of Syria peace talks through finding a diplomatic solution and ending war in the country. Talking to reporters Friday, he added there was no doubt that Iran and ...

Berlin, Oct 28, IRNA -- German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer on Wednesday welcomed Iran's planned participation at the international talks on Syria in Vienna aimed at ending the bloodshed in that war-stricken country, according to IRNA. Reiterating Iran's regional importance, Schaeefer said Iran's inclusion in the talks is the only ...

Berlin, Sep 11, IRNA - Germany regards the Iranian nuclear agreement as a 'window of opportunity' for settling other Mideast crisis hotspots, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer told the press in Berlin on Friday. Asked by IRNA about Iran's diplomatic efforts in helping to resolve Middle East conflicts, Schaefer noted, Foreign Minister Frank-...

Berlin, Aug 24, IRNA -- The German government on Monday rejected Israeli regime's allegations about Iran being behind a recent missile strike from Syrian territory. German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer told media representatives in Berlin he had 'no own information' as to who launched the rocket attack and as to who was taking political ...

Berlin, Jue 26, IRNA -- Germany insisted again a final comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran is possible, said German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer in response to an IRNA question at a press briefing in Berlin on Friday. We are in the final stretch of the nuclear talks and the moment has arrived for taking the decisive step. In fact,...

BERLIN The deadline of June 30 for six world powers and Iran to agree to a nuclear deal is tight, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Monday. "The deadline is tight and eight days are not much time any more," Martin Schaefer told a news conference. "We'll concentrate all our efforts on making sure the June 30 (deadline) remains ...

Berlin, Jun 12, IRNA -- German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer called for clarifying allegations of potential espionage during recent Iran nuclear talks. Asked by IRNA for a reaction on the latest spying scandal, Schaefer said, 'I don't want to comment on the investigation of the Swiss and Austrian judiciary since they are acting independently....

Berlin, May 20, IRNA -- German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said in Berlin on Wednesday it was 'too early' to speculate on a likely extension of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers, according to IRNA. Reacting to Iran's general readiness to extend the nuclear negotiations beyond the June 30 deadline, Schaefer reiterated ...

Germany is poised to engage in energy deals with the Islamic Republic of Iran, says diplomat. German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Wednesday that his country was looking forward to a final nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries - the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - which, he said, would help set the stage ...

Berlin, Apr 24, IRNA -- German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer has confirmed that Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier phoned Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Thursday afternoon. Asked by IRNA at a news conference in Berlin on Friday whether he could give details of the talks, Schaefer replied he could not. An informed source told ...

Berlin, Apr 13, IRNA -- The Iranian nuclear talks will top the foreign policy agenda of the G7 foreign ministers (the US, Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Canada and Italy) when they meet in the north German city of Luebeck on Tuesday and Wednesday, a German official said. German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told IRNA in Berlin on ...

Berlin, Mar 27, IRNA -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier may head to Lausanne over the weekend to join the Iran nuclear talks, according to a German official. Addressing a routine weekly government press briefing in Berlin on Friday, foreign ministry spokeman Martin Schaefer said while it was likely that Steinmeier would join the ...

Berlin, Mar 25, IRNA -- The German government confirmed that the victims of the deadly Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps on Tuesday included also Iranian nationals, according to IRNA. Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told journalists in Berlin on Wednesday that Iranian citizens were among the victims of Germanwings Flight 9525. He ...

Berlin, March 23, IRNA - A German foreign ministry spokesman reaffirmed Iran and six world powers were on the verge of a political deal ona final nuclear agreement, according to IRNA. Addressing media representatives in Berlin on Monday, Martin Schaefer said Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier 'shared the assessment' of his French, British ...

[caption id="attachment_106170" align="alignright" width="231"] German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer[/caption] Berlin, March 18, IRNA -- German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer expressed hope that a political agreement on a final nuclear accord would be reached as early as this weekend. Asked by IRNA on prospects for an ...

[caption id="attachment_106170" align="alignright" width="203"] German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer announced that Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) have made progress in their nuclear talks. "The progress has ...