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After private meetings in Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters that Salman and his defense minister “reiterated their support” for the deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program while expressing reservations about its enforcement.

Iran and Germany were historically close trade partners but business dropped off as a result of the sanctions, declining to €2.4bn previous year from around €8bn in 2003-2004, according to German figures. Gabriel is heading a delegation of representatives from German companies.

The deal, reached with six world powers in Vienna on Tuesday, will begin to be implemented by November. The US will most likely redouble its efforts to defend Israel from attacks at the U.N.to counter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims of betrayal over the Iran deal.