Iranian nuclear: negotiations will resume in Vienna on November 29

Published on : 11/03/2021 – 22:06

Discussions to save the deal on Iran’s 2015 nuclear program will resume on November 29 in Vienna, European foreign minister Josep Borrell said in a statement on Wednesday (November 3).

“The joint committee will meet in physical form on 29 November in Vienna. It will be chaired, on behalf of the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, by the Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service, Enrique Mora. Representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom and Iran will participate, “he said.

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Discussions will focus on “the prospect of a possible return of the United States to the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) and how to ensure the full and effective implementation of the agreement by all parties. “, explained Josep Borrell.

Washington ready for a “quick” compromise

“In a telephone interview with Enrique Mora, we agreed to start negotiations aimed at lifting the illegal and inhumane sanctions (against Iran) on November 29 in Vienna,” the Iranian deputy minister said on Twitter. in charge of Nuclear, Ali Baghéri.

A compromise to save the 2015 agreement is possible “quickly” after the resumption of negotiations, provided that Iran is “serious” in its intentions, meanwhile said the American diplomacy on Wednesday.

Iran said it was ready at the end of October to resume negotiations in Vienna after a meeting in Brussels between Iranian Deputy Minister Ali Baghéri and European negotiator Enrique Mora.

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The great powers which had concluded in 2015 with the Islamic Republic a historic agreement supposed to prevent it from acquiring the atomic bomb demanded with more and more insistence that the Iranians set a date for their return to the negotiating table.

The Americans unilaterally left the agreement in 2018, under the presidency of Donald Trump, who considered it insufficient and reinstated all the sanctions against Iran that the text had allowed to be lifted. In return, Tehran has gradually freed itself from the restrictions imposed on its nuclear program.

With AFP