whisperer by some because of their close diplomatic relationship. but the talks are sure to highlight the differences between the two allies, including president trump s threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. the deadline to either waive sanctions against iran or leave the deal just weeks away. our participation can be cancelled by me as president at any time. what do you have as a better option? i don t see it. what is a what-if scenario or your plan b? i don t have any plan b for nuclear against iran. so that s a question we will discuss. reporter: theout come of the macron s talks setting the stage for german chancellor s angela merkel s visit to the white house friday. she, too, will press president trump to stay in the iran deal. the french along with the u.s. and uk carried out air strikes on assad s regime in syria after another chemical attack. macron wants president trump to
in this complex proxy war but it was to deter the sir syrian regime from using chemical weapons in the future that is a key message and then also look out for a political initiative the particularly france and germany are trying to hammer out at this meeting here in luxembourg germany s foreign minister heikal moscow said there is a quote window for dialogue that is open with syria s main backer russia let s listen to what he had to say today in luxembourg. with this conflict can t be solved without russia we have to find a way to achieve what we all want firstly a ceasefire access for humanitarian aid a transitional government in syria constitutional reform and in time elections. need a solution that everyone in syria can accept. and as the back because of the acid regime the russians also need to understand that. so gary
was said to be the perpetrator alister hey speaking to us a little bit earlier from leeds in the u.k. and meanwhile foreign ministers have arrived in luxembourg to thrash out how to proceed in syria the meeting follows a series of coordinated strikes by the u.s. u.k. and france on chemical weapons facilities in syria topping the agenda how to deal with russia a key ally of the syrian regime and reviving the peace process in the country. let s go to luxembourg. to standing by for us there hi gary good to see you foreign ministers are meeting there today what can we expect to come out of this. expect that the foreign ministers here will formalize their support for these strikes conducted by two e.u. member states and the united states however they will also make clear that the sole purpose of these strikes was not change was not change tipping the balance of power
possible but the inspectors of carried out many inspections before and they will know that things have been moved some of the video evidence i saw indicated that one of the munitions had been moved from where it had landed on the floor and placed on a bed but i think generally munitions which should still be in place if they have been moved the inspectors will be able to see this but it s not it s access to the munitions which are important because they can get samples from the munitions but obviously it s the effect of the munitions that the inspectors have digitally interested in and that other evidence they can get hold of and alister what about their ability to attribute who is responsible. well the o.p.c. job you will not be able to do this it will simply say who used the particular weapons of course if it s bombs there are only two countries if you like that have control of the airspace syria and the russians in syria so you know it doesn t take
those are terrorists we can t forget that topic you are only exam from those tears on steel and element until may first the european trade commissioner say that last week that she is not sure if those exemption will also be in place after the beginning of may it seems that it s still not clear what the u.s. wants in return for a permanent exemption so i believe the timing right now is not very good to negotiate those higher taxes for u.s. companies when mr donald trump is already calling this again as a very unfair on the terrace issue has not been solved so. there s more uncertainty about him about his zigzagging in the last week willing to have another look at the then he is going to bomb syria one of the investors looking forward to this week. yeah there are very much concerned every single tweet can change their direction here at the market volatility will remain