Russian Foreign Minister Sergey LavrovMOSCOW, Jan 20Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian discussed the «nuclear deal», confirming the countries' intention to continue negotiations in Vienna to restore it to its original form, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Iran's nuclear program, which remains the most important agreement in the field of non-proliferation.Both sides confirmed their intention to continue negotiations in Vienna in order to restore the «nuclear deal» in its original configuration, without any «add-ons» and exceptions,» the message says.
Biden urged not to give up in the negotiations on the JCPOA In 2015, the UK, Germany, China, Russia, the USA, France and Iran signed a «nuclear deal» — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which involved the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw the country 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. In early January, negotiations resumed in Vienna to restore the full operation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The eighth round of the Vienna talks is currently underway. On Thursday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington has recorded modest progress in recent weeks in terms of negotiations with Tehran on a mutual return to the JCPOA, but this is not enough. According to him, the US will not be able to return to the implementation of the JCPOA if a deal with Iran is not reached in the coming weeks. legal country
