Two senior Israeli officials held an unannounced meeting in Paris on Friday with White House envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the ongoing US-Iran nuclear negotiations, Axios reported, citing three Israeli sources familiar with the meeting.
Israel’s strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer and Mossad chief David Barnea met Witkoff ahead of Saturday’s second round of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Rome. The meeting was described as a low-profile effort to influence the US negotiating position, according to the report.
Axios said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned the US could reach an agreement resembling the 2015 nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump exited in 2018.