Credit: Gary Raynaldo /   Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, following the meeting of the JCPOA Members with Iran at UN world headquarters in New York Sept. 25, 2019. 

By Gary Raynaldo   /  DIPLOMATIC TIMES

UNITED NATIONS  –  NEW YORK –  UN diplomats maintained Wednesday there is full determination on behalf of the signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to preserve the Iran Nuclear Deal.   A Ministerial meeting  with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Russia Federation, China with Iran took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.  After the meeting, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, who chaired the  meeting, read a joint statement issued by the top UN diplomats.

“Participants recalled that the JCPOA, as endorsed by UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), remains a key element of the global nuclear non-proliferation architecture and a significant achievement of multilateral diplomacy. They underlined the importance of the  full and effective implementation of the JCPOA by all sides and confirmed their determination to continue all efforts to preserve the agreement, which is in the interests of all.”

-Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs.

VIDEO DIPLOMATIC TIMES /  Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, following the meeting of the JCPOA Members with Iran at UN world headquarters in New York Sept. 25, 2019. 

VIDEO DIPLOMATIC TIMES / Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, following the meeting of the JCPOA Members with Iran at UN world headquarters in New York Sept. 25, 2019. 

Credit: Gary Raynaldo /   Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU  reads joint statement, following the meeting of the JCPOA Members with Iran at UN world headquarters in New York Sept. 25, 2019.

Meanwhile, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani refused to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump while attending the 74th UN General Assembly this week.  Last year, President Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal with major powers and reimposed tight sanctions on the the Islamic republic’s economy.

EU VP Mogherini reiterated that Iran can reverse course on the Nuclear Deal:

“What I believe is that  every step that has been taken so  far by Iran – and I underline so far- is reversible. We have constantly called upon  Iran to reverse these decisions and go back to full compliance which has been the  case until recently. Because this is in the best interests of all. Let me add that this is in  the security interests of us all and is also in the economic interests in Iran. “

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