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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's motorcade arriving...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY \u003cbr/\u003e              SHOTLIST:\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY \u003cbr/\u003e              Brussels, Belgium - 15 May 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's motorcade arriving\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of Zarif exiting car and being welcomed by Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Reynders and Zarif shaking hands in front of flags\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Close of Reynders and Zarif\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e              (Question: What does Europe need to do to keep this deal alive?)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"To make sure that Iran continues to benefit from it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Question: And how do they do that sir, if companies are going to be threatened by the United States?)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well it is up to the European Union and European Union member states to make sure that their interest and our interest are protected and that illegality by the United States is not rewarded.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Question: And a quick word on Israel and Gaza sir?)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It is a shame.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Medium of Reynders\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (French) Didier Reynders, Belgian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"As I was invited to certain radio stations, I had the opportunity to hear the comments from the Israeli ambassador (in Belgium) and I can tell you that I immediately asked my services this morning to summon her, which is about to be done.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Camera\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (French) Didier Reynders, Belgian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There were no dead or injured yesterday in Israel but there were dozens and dozens of Palestinian civilians dead, and hundreds and probably thousands of injured on the Palestinian side, so I cannot accept this idea that one could question the principle of proportionality. But more importantly, the comment saying that all the people killed or injured were terrorists is something that we can obviously not accept in the international relations context that we have today.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Flags\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (English) Didier Reynders, Belgian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I said that on Iran, for relations with Iran we will try to go further with the correct implementation of the JCPOA and we will have new meetings in the next hours and the next days to be sure that it is possible to fence the JCPOA, to have a correct implementation of that with correct trade relations with Iran for many European and Belgian companies. Then to discuss of course other issues like the ballistic missiles or the regional role of Iran and also to discuss about the human rights. We have a current dialogue with Iran on that and in all the bilateral contacts, I've also tried to speak also about individual cases and it was again the case this time in my contacts with my colleague Zarif.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Wide of Reynders\u003cbr/\u003e              ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY \u003cbr/\u003e              Berlin, Germany - 15 May 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              13. German Chancellor Angela Merkel walking to lectern at labour union congress\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Delegate with notebook\u003cbr/\u003e              15. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We've now seen a shift in German-American, in European-American relations when Great Britain, France and Germany were of the opinion that the agreement against Iran's nuclear armament is an agreement that certainly has weaknesses, but is an agreement we should stand by.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Merkel at lectern during applause\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The US president had a different opinion, and now we need to see. We are not blind to the threat Iran is posing to Israel, for instance, particularly with its activities in Syria. Israel celebrated it 70th birthday yesterday, and Israel's security and right to exist is part of Germany's reasons of state. But we still think that, with the agreement, we would have better preconditions to speak with Iran about further agreements than by unilaterally cancelling an agreement that was unanimously approved and endorsed in the UN Security Council.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Merkel on stage \u003cbr/\u003e              POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY\u003cbr/\u003e              Moscow, Russia - 15 May 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              19. Various of news conference of Russian and Filipino foreign ministers\u003cbr/\u003e              20. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We can see that serious pressure is being put on them. The ultimatums are being set already that the trade with Iran must be stopped, including some produce delivery and Iranian oil trade. They voice the deadlines - 60 days, 90 days. It's a whole plan of massive pressure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Cutaways\u003cbr/\u003e              22. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We'll see how resistant the Europeans will be this time. In the past there have been cases when they made concessions to Washington at the evident expense of their legitimate interests. One thing is clear - by pulling out from the comprehensive plan of actions, the US lost all their rights regarding this document.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              23. End shot of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders on Tuesday, as major European powers sought to keep Iran in a landmark international nuclear agreement after the US' withdrawal last week.\u003cbr/\u003e              President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the pact and promised tough economic sanctions against Tehran.\u003cbr/\u003e              Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Zarif suggested it was up to EU member states to make sure that \"illegality by the United States is not rewarded.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Zarif was scheduled to hold talks with the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany later in the day in the Belgian capital amid concerns that the US sanctions will also damage European business interests.\u003cbr/\u003e              Also on Tuesday, Reynders said Belgium was summoning the Israeli ambassador after she indicated that all Palestinians killed in Monday's violence along the Israel-Gaza border were \"terrorists.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              In an interview with RTBF, ambassador Simona Frankel said that those who died in Monday's clashes \"are terrorists, 55 terrorists.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Reynders said that the comment was unacceptable.\u003cbr/\u003e              He also took offense to the Frankel's comment that Israeli soldiers had to act before there were casualties on their side.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There were no dead or injured yesterday in Israel but there were dozen and dozen of Palestinian civilians dead, and hundreds and probably thousands of injured on the Palestinian side, so I cannot accept this idea that one could question the principle of proportionality,\" Reynders said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Meanwhile in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged that the Iran nuclear deal \"certainly has weaknesses\" but says it should be preserved.\u003cbr/\u003e              Merkel said in a speech to a labor union congress in Berlin that President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement marked \"a shift in German-American, in European-American relations.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              She added: \"Britain, France and Germany were of the opinion that the agreement against Iran's nuclear armament is an agreement that certainly has weaknesses, but an agreement we should stand by.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the US had put \"serious pressure\" on the EU after pulling out of the deal.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We'll see how resistant the Europeans will be this time,\" he said. \"In the past there have been cases when they made concessions to Washington at the evident expense of their legitimate interests.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              ===========================================================\u003cbr/\u003e              Clients are reminded: 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