The parties called the lifting of US sanctions a priority goal of the talks in Vienna
Dubai. November 15th. INTERFAX - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bakeri-Kani on Monday held a virtual meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, the parties discussed negotiations on the restoration of the JCPOA on the nuclear deal, Bloomberg reports.
"Iran, Russia and China have discussed nuclear talks," the agency informs.
Bakeri-Kani called this meeting fruitful.
"We had a fruitful meeting with Chinese and Russian partners. We discussed the coordination (of actions - IF) of Iran, China and Russia in the fight against unilateralism and strengthening cohesion in further negotiations," Bakeri-Kani tweeted.
"It was stressed again that the United States should lift all illegal sanctions," the deputy head of the Iranian foreign Ministry added.
Iranian journalist Abas Aslani clarifies that during the meeting Bakeri-Kani said that "the effective lifting of illegal US sanctions is a necessity and the main priority of the upcoming talks in Vienna."
Earlier it became known that negotiations on the return of the United States and Iran to the JCPOA will resume in Vienna on November 29, 2021.
Bakeri-Kani then called the purpose of these negotiations "the lifting of illegal sanctions" by the United States.
Washington, in turn, said that they consider it possible to quickly agree on the conditions for the return of the United States and Iran to the atom agreement.
"If Iran is serious about the work, then the process can be completed relatively quickly," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
According to Price, after the resumption of negotiations on the JCPOA in Vienna on November 29, the parties will have to solve "a relatively small number of problems." At the same time, the representative of the State Department warned that "the time that is available for this is not forever."
In 2015, Iran and the six countries - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany - concluded a nuclear agreement, the JCPOA, according to which Tehran should allow IAEA inspectors to its nuclear facilities in exchange for a step-by-step lifting of sanctions. Former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and resumed anti-Iranian sanctions, which prompted Tehran to gradually abandon compliance with some of the terms of the deal.
From April to June of this year, Iran and a number of world powers held six rounds of talks in Vienna with the aim of restoring the JCPOA. Then the negotiations were suspended: Iranian officials stated that Tehran would be ready to continue negotiations after the inauguration of the new Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in early August and the formation of a new government.
