French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smile after signing economic agreements in Tehran on January 31, 2017. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Tehran: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault voiced concern over a weekend ballistic missile test by Iran at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Tuesday.
"France has expressed its concern at Iran's continuation of its ballistic missile tests on several occasions," Ayrault said, speaking hours before an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council called by Washington to discuss the test.
He said the continued tests are "contrary to the spirit" of the Security Council resolution which enshrined a landmark July 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, and "hamper the process of restoring the confidence established by the Vienna agreement."
