TEHRAN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday that he was not surprised by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s attack on the Iran nuclear deal, before adding, “We do not see at this time a better alternative.”

Maas also said he will travel to Washington to meet Pompeo to discuss Washington’s stance on the nuclear agreement, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“From here I will actually travel to Washington to have a meeting with Secretary Pompeo, and take advantage of that meeting to talk about this,” he told reporters in Buenos Aires at the end of a G20 meeting in the Argentine capital, Reuters reported.

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