Iran Press/ Middle East: Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote in his Twitter account: "Just visited Oman, will go to Kuwait & Qatar next: No direct/indirect talk with the US, but ready to negotiate with each and every country in the Persian Gulf for balanced & constructive relations based on mutual respect & interests."
Araqchi arrived in Oman on Sunday on the first leg of his regional tour, Oman Daily Observer reported.
Minister Responsible for Yemen's Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah received Araghchi at the General Diwan of the ministry.
The two sides discussed aspects of cooperation between the two countries.
They also exchanged viewpoints on regional issues and the latest developments being witnessed by the region. The meeting was attended by the delegation accompanying the guest and officials at the Foreign Ministry
Araghchi is also slated to visit Kuwait and Qatar in continuation of the ministry’s intensive talks with neighboring states.
On his three-leg regional tour, Abbas Araqchi is slated to discuss international developments, especially those in the Persian Gulf in recent days.
Oman ready to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington
Earlier, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah in his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Oman is ready to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Meanwhile earlier, Omani ambassador to Washington Hunaina Al-Mughairy said Oman is ready to mediate between Iran and the US for solving tensions.
Al-Mughairy addressed the current heightened tension between Tehran and Washington following the US administration's decision to end sanctions waivers for Iranian oil imports, saying that Muscat would be willing to help mediate the crisis if the sides would find such support helpful.
She reiterated the fact that Oman does not interfere in the foreign policies of neighboring countries.
'We don't interfere in any country's internal policies,' Al-Mughairy noted.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said earlier that Iran will give a 60-day moratorium to the states parties to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to remedy their breaches and restore Iran's interests enshrined by the international deal.
Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) in a statement announced that Iran has stopped some of its commitments under the JCPOA as of May 8, 2019.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message said 'on May 8, 2018, US withdrew from #JCPOA, violated #UNSCR 2231 & pressured others—incl #E3—to do the same. After a year of patience, Iran stops measures that the US has made impossible to continue. Our action is within the terms of JCPOA'.
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