A meeting was held on the 2nd regarding the Iran nuclear agreement that the US Biden administration is aiming to return to.
In the midst of the conflict between the United States and Iran, the EU-European Union, which acts as an intermediary, has indicated a policy of aiming to overcome the situation through indirect talks between the two countries, and the focus is on whether both sides can come close to each other.
Iran, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China and Russia, which participate in the nuclear agreement, held vice ministerial-level meetings online to discuss the return of the United States to the nuclear agreement.
According to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Biden administration said that Iran should comply with the agreement first, saying that the Iranian side emphasized the conventional claim that the United States should lift the sanctions first in the talks. The difference in position between and is not filled.
Meanwhile, the EU, the intermediary, said in a statement that it will hold another meeting next week with countries participating in the nuclear deal, including Iran.
The statement also states that it will focus on discussions with the United States, and plans to discuss the proposals of the United States and Iran at individual meetings and aim to resolve the situation.
Iran says it will not attend any talks in which the United States participates, and the focus will be on mutual compromise through indirect talks under EU mediation.
US State Department "I think it's a healthy step"
A spokesman for the US State Department, Price, said in a statement that major European countries and others would attend a meeting of the countries involved in the nuclear deal in Austria on the 6th of this month.
In this, he said that "at this time, we do not expect direct talks between the United States and Iran" and that the talks will be indirect talks with Iran under the mediation of the EU = European Union. I will.
The talks will also discuss what steps Iran should take to comply with the nuclear deal and the necessary relaxation of US sanctions.
He added, "I don't think there will be a breakthrough soon because of the ongoing difficult discussions," while "I think this is a healthy step."
China US asks Iran to lift sanctions
Regarding the meeting of the countries involved in the Iran nuclear agreement, Hua Chunying, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said at a press conference on the 2nd, "We think that the current situation of the Iran nuclear issue is at an important stage. China is actively participating in this meeting, seeking a roadmap for the United States and Iran to fulfill their promises on an equal footing at the same time, and pushing for talks to return to normal as soon as possible. " It was.
He added, "The unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear agreement is the source of tensions in the situation in Iran. China welcomes the return of the United States to the nuclear agreement, but the immediate urgent need is for the United States to revoke all sanctions. So this is the way to go back and an inevitable requirement, "he said, calling on the United States to lift sanctions on Iran.