Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Tuesday warned of "dangerous repercussions" and a possible arms race in the Middle East unless a political solution is found to rid the region of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
Safadi spoke in Germany before U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.
"We all need to work together in making sure that we solve the conflicts of the region and strive for a Middle East that is free of all weapons of mass destruction," Safadi told reporters after meeting with the leaders of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "grand coalition" government.
"If we do not look at the political picture and ... find a way to ensure that the whole region is free of [these weapons], we'll be looking at a lot of dangerous repercussions that will affect the region in terms of an arms race," he said.
In March, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told CBS News that his kingdom would "without a doubt" develop nuclear weapons if archrival Iran did so.
Trump said he pulled out of the 2015 agreement partly because it does not address Iran's ballistic missile program or its role in wars in Syria and Yemen, as well as not preventing Iran from ultimately developing nuclear weapons.
Germany, France and Britain, in a joint statement, decried the U.S. decision and pledged to uphold the nuclear deal. They called on the United States to refrain from taking steps that would prevent other countries from upholding the accord.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran aims to continue to comply with the deal's terms, and would swiftly reach out to the other signatories – Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China – to keep it in place.
Safadi also expressed concern about the U.S. decision to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14 and the possible consequences.
"Jerusalem should be the capital of an independent Palestinian state in the borders of 1967. We should avoid everything that calls stability into question," he said.
