The negotiation process on the resumption of the Iranian nuclear deal called for the restoration of Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, on January 31, Sputnik reports.
Ulyanov called on all parties to resume the negotiation process to renew the 2015 multilateral agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and the subsequent lifting of all sanctions against Tehran.
Ulyanov noted the suspension of the negotiations, which began in September 2022, while noting that it was premature to talk about the irretrievable loss of the JCPOA.
“It doesn’t take long. Iran has the political will to complete the process. The same can be said for us and China. But at this stage, the Western players don’t have that political will.”– said the Russian diplomat.
He assessed the possibilities of a revival of the JCPOA and emphasized that “This requires a political decision by all parties to the Vienna process to return to the negotiating table”.
Recall that the United States and Western countries began applying sanctions against Iran after Washington withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018.
Since April 2021, negotiations have been underway in Vienna to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program, also known as the Iran nuclear deal. The agreement was concluded in 2015 between Iran, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia and the United States. Tehran has pledged to reduce its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions.
In 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew Washington from the JCPOA and imposed new sanctions on Iran. For its part, Tehran terminated the agreement and relaunched the development of the nuclear program. After Joe Biden reached the White House, the US decided to return to the deal, which launched months-long negotiations in Vienna over the restoration of the JCPOA.
According to the latest draft nuclear deal proposed by the EU and agreed with Iran, Tehran is obliged to start reducing its nuclear program from the first day after and in case of signing the deal. For another 120 days from the start of the deal, Iran will have to export 50 million barrels of oil “under the verification mechanism.”
Source: Rossa Primavera
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