BEIJING Jan 4 China calls on all parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear issue to show flexibility in order to achieve an early breakthrough in the negotiation process to resume compliance with the deal as soon as possible, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Arms Control Department Fu Cong said in a briefing on Tuesday. Vienna resumed negotiations to restore the full operation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. At present, the eighth round of the Vienna talks is underway, it began on December 27, with a short pause for the New Year holidays. «Yesterday, the negotiations in Vienna resumed after suspension for the New Year holidays, and we are closely following the progress of the negotiations … We must realize, we must clearly understand, that the reason why we are here today, why the JCPOA is in crisis and danger, is the unilateral withdrawal of the United States, this is the root cause of the current crisis, and it is natural that the United States should take measures to lift its sanctions, I would say, illegal sanctions, because that the sanctions have already been lifted by the UN Security Council, «- said the diplomat. , Iran must return to fulfilling its obligations. «The second thing that should be pointed out is that each side must adhere to a flexible approach in negotiations, we know that an extreme e complex problems, so we call on all parties to show flexibility in order to take into account the legitimate concerns of all parties and achieve an early breakthrough, «he stressed. In 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran signed a nuclear deal — the JCPOA. which assumed the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and reinstated sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran announced a phased reduction in its obligations under the agreement, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges and the level of uranium enrichment.
