Iran Press/Iran news: According to Iran Press, attending Majlis session to answer the lawmakers' questions on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the Europeans are not in the position that they can withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action known as JCPOA.
Iran's top diplomat went on to highlight that the JCPOA is the international deal which has been ratified in the United Nations and it has its frameworks. The United States' withdrawal from the international deal is contrary to the international rules."
Zarif added that the Europeans failed to fulfil their commitments under JCPOA and even their delinquency has led in some parts to the violation of the deal.
Iran's Foreign Minister also remarked that the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken some anticipatory actions about them however as it has been said earlier Europe cannot withdraw from the deal.
Elsewhere, while responding to an MPs’ criticism about foreign ministry’s unstable diplomacy with eastern and southeastern neighbors, Zarif stated that "Our relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan are strategic ones and ties with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and even Qatar are currently at the best level in the history of the Islamic Republic.”
Focusing on Pakistan-Iran ties, the FM explained that despite some challenges, which are due to the specific conditions of the region, Iran-Pakistan relations are warm.
Referring to Iran’s diplomacy with Afghanistan, he said: “Iran-Afghanistan relations are continued based on specific policies. We seek peace in Afghanistan via the cooperation of all Afghan parties and we are a fan of securing peace in that country through holding talks with foreigners.”
“The Islamic Republic insists that all the Afghan parties must take part in the process of reaching peace in Afghanistan and that foreign countries must not negotiate with only one of the existing Afghan parties and eliminate the rest of them,” he said.
“This is a dangerous approach,” Zarif concluded.
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