In Moscow, representatives of Russia, China and Iran will hold talks on Tehran's nuclear program

Expert-level talks between representatives of Russia, China and Iran on the Iranian nuclear program will take place in Moscow. This is reported by the Iranian news agency Mehr News Agency, writes UNN.

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Earlier, the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Bagai, announced that trilateral consultations are planned in Moscow in the coming days.

Today and tomorrow we have another trilateral meeting in Moscow, where China, Russia and Iran will discuss various aspects related to the nuclear issue, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Resolution 2231

He also added that a meeting is planned at the level of deputy ministers with representatives of the foreign policy departments of the EU.

We will soon have a meeting at the level of deputy ministers with the new heads of the EU's foreign policy departments

Reference

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed in 2015 between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. Former US President Donald Trump illegally withdrew from the agreement in 2018.

Russia, Great Britain, Germany, China, the USA and France have been negotiating with Iran since April 2021 on the restoration of the agreement.

Negotiations on the "rescue" of the JCPOA began in the Austrian capital Vienna in April 2021 in order to study the seriousness of Washington's intentions to rejoin the agreement and lift anti-Iranian sanctions.

Negotiations have reached a dead end due to Washington's insistence on its tough stance not to lift all sanctions that have been imposed on the Islamic Republic. Iran believes that it is necessary for the other party to provide certain guarantees that it will remain committed to any agreement reached.

Addition

US President Donald Trump said that, in his opinion, Iran is ready to participate in direct negotiations on its nuclear program. Vloomberg points out that this statement was made a day after Tehran announced that it was ready to conduct relevant negotiations, but only through intermediaries.

"Forget about the letters, I think they want to have direct negotiations," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

According to him, he prefers to talk to Iran "face to face", because it "can facilitate the conclusion of an agreement".

At the end of March, Donald Trump stated that Iran will face unprecedented bombings if it does not conclude an agreement with the United States on the development of nuclear weapons.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, brought the country's armed forces to a state of increased combat readiness amid threats of an attack by the United States.