FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone-laying ceremony for Mobileye's center in Jerusalem August 27, 2019. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday to avoid new talks with Israel's regional arch-foe Iran, his office said, as European leaders pushed to save the 2015 nuclear deal.
"This is precisely the wrong timing to hold talks with Iran, while it is increasing its aggression in the region," Netanyahu told Macron in a telephone conversation that was initiated by the French leader, according to the Israeli statement.
