The European Union’s top diplomat says the United States stepping away from a landmark nuclear deal would be counterproductive and insists other disputes with Tehran should be tackled otherwise.

Federica Mogherini said after a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the EU attached great importance on upholding the agreement, adding that scrapping the deal “would not put us in a better position to discuss all the rest, on the contrary.”

Tillerson stresses, however, that “Iran is carrying out a number of other destabilizing activities throughout the region” and called for joint action to counter it.

Source: Agencies