“What we would like to see is that an agreement is reached in Vienna,” Scholz said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem.
“Now is the time to make a decision. This must not be postponed any longer and cannot be postponed any longer,” the German chancellor added.
Scholz met Bennett one-on-one Wednesday morning, in his first visit to Israel since replacing long-serving former chancellor Angela Merkel in December. The visit was planned well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered the greatest European security crisis in decades, but went ahead regardless.
Israel has criticized Western powers for negotiating a deal with Iran to constrain its nuclear program, saying that any potential agreement is unlikely to ensure Israeli security. READ MORE
