JCPOA Implementation Discussed in Iran-G5+1 Deputy-Level Talks: Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) held their fifth meeting to discuss implementation process of the July 2015 nuclear deal between the two sides, known as the JCPOA, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said.
The fifth meeting of the JCPOA joint commission at the level of deputy foreign ministers was held in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi said.
He added that it was a prelude to the first meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran and the Group 5+1 since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on January 16, 2016.
During the deputy-level talks, the process of JCPOA implementation since the last meeting of the diplomats and issues relating to the anti-Tehran sanctions and nuclear undertakings of Iran were discussed, Araqchi said.
The first meeting of the commission at the deputy foreign ministers level was held last October in the Austrian city of Vienna, during which it was agreed that the commission reconvene every three months.
While the JCPOA, a 159-page nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 came into force in January, some Iranian officials complain about the other party’s failure to fully implement the accord.
Back in March, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Americans have yet to fulfill what they were supposed to do as per the nuclear deal.
Iran still has problems in its banking transactions or in restoring its frozen assets, because Western countries and those involved in such processes are afraid of Americans, the Leader said at the time, criticizing the US for its moves to prevent Iran from taking advantage of the sanctions removal.
