Thursday's talks in Oslo with the Omani foreign minister focused on the latest developments surrounding Iran’s nuclear deal and various regional issues.
The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is in Norway to take part in the Oslo Forum and hold bilateral talks with senior officials from the participating countries on expansion of bilateral ties and preservation of the JCPOA.
During his meeting with Secretary General of European Union's External Action Service Helga Schmid in Oslo, Salehi stressed that Iran does not accept to remain in the JCPOA and suffer from sanctions at the same time.
In a meeting with Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide, Salehi criticized some European companies for their hasty reaction to US withdrawal from JCPOA, saying that US policies are doomed to fail.
Schmid reassured him that 100 European companies will soon start business talks with the Iranian sides, while the Norwegian diplomat stressed her country’s full support for the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.
Further more,the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, in a joint press conference with EU Energy Commissioner on May 19,2018 had said that US withdrawal from JCPOA is not a big deal.
"The withdrawal of one country from The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will not be an essential obstruction to the agreement",The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi stated at a joint press conference with European Energy Commissioner, Miguel Arias Canete on Saturday in Tehran.
"JCPOA is an important international agreement which is in our national benefit and also is in the benefit of the region and international community", The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation added.
"Iran would continue its nuclear energy cooperation with the European Union. We are also cooperating with the EU in the nuclear fusion project", Ali Akbar Salehi said:
The EU has also promised to take the first steps for facilitating banking issues by ditching dollar and replacing it with euro in doing business with Iran, AEOI head added.
“We hope to see the actualization of Europe’s promises in the near future,” Salehi noted.
Salehi went on to add, “our future is very bright, because Iran’s position is secure enough to make it very difficult for other countries to exert pressure on us.”
Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete for his part said that the European Union will stand firm against Washington’s pressures on the bloc to prevent Europe from doing business with Iran.
“We still wish to continue our economic cooperation with Iran under the implementation of the JCPOA,” Canete said. “We believe that the JCPOA economic benefits will serve both EU’s and Iran’s interests, and that is why the EU’s energy commission has planned certain mechanisms to facilitate the realization of these goals.”
Iran says it will stay in the agreement as long as the EU provides solid guarantees that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA) will continue to serve Iran’s economic interests. EU says it is trying to identify ways to shield European companies doing business with Iran from the blacklash of US renewed sanctions.
