US cannot achieve it's goal by the sanctions: Zarif

Monday, 29 October 2018 14:28 [ Last Update: Friday, 04 October 2019 12:00 ]

Stressing that a new European Union mechanism to facilitate payments for Iranian exports will be in place in coming days, Iran's Foreign Minister said "US cannot achieve its political goals for sure."

Iran Press/Iran News: With the new mechanism and given the fact that Americans are now isolated in the international community, no country would support US moves except for some regional regimes, Mohamad Javad Zarif told the media, upon arrival at Istanbul Atatürk Airport on Monday, to take part at the 6th trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Republic of Azerbaijan and Iran, Mehr News Agency reported.

The new European Union mechanism will be legally in place in the near future, however, will not be operational so soon, due to US pressures in place, he added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Zarif pointed to his meetings with Turkish and Azeri counterparts, saying "the trilateral meetings aims at expanding economic, transit and intellectual cooperation between the three countries and tomorrow I will participate in a tripartite summit together with the foreign ministers of Turkey and Azerbaijan."

We will take advantage of this opportunity to negotiate with the authorities of Turkey on bilateral and region issues, he added.

In response to a question about the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance and murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Zarif said "what matters now is that the Turkish government has been able to pursue the issue with tact, neutrality, and precision, and to address the various dimensions of this massacre; we hope Turkey may reach a definitive conclusion over this heinous crime. Unfortunately, in our region, the wrong methods and choices are so widespread that some, like the Zionist regime and the current regime of Saudi Arabia, admit that every crime can be done without worrying about its consequences."