The US state department spokesperson Ned Price reiterated that there will be no unilateral gestures as the United States favors a "compliance for compliance" formula. [ Ссылка ] The United States is prepared to lift sanctions imposed on Iran to resume mutual compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday.
"We are prepared to lift sanctions that are inconsistent with the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]," Price told reporters during a daily briefing, as reported by Sputnik.
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The spokesperson reiterated that there will be no unilateral gestures as the United States favors a "compliance for compliance" formula.
Price further said that The United States delegation met at the conference on reviving the Iran nuclear agreement in Vienna with their counterparts from Europe, Russia and China.
"The team on the ground in Vienna has had consultations with our European allies, with our Russian and Chinese partners. They, in turn, have met with the Iranian delegation," he said.
Sputnik reported that a US delegation is attending an in-person meeting by the JCPOA members in Vienna to discuss steps needed to fully restore the nuclear agreement.
The US representatives had meetings with counterparts from China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom, but are not expected to engage in direct talks with Iran's team.
In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with the P5 1 group of countries. The agreement required Iran to scale back its nuclear program and downgrade its uranium reserves in exchange for sanctions relief. In 2018, the US withdrew from the JCPOA and began imposing sanctions on Iran in violation of the nuclear agreement.
Biden has said he is ready to reverse the 2018 decision of his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw from the landmark agreement. [ Ссылка ] Officials from five world powers began a new effort Tuesday to try to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 nuclear deal they signed with Iran, a delicate diplomatic dance that needs to balance the concerns and interests of both Washington and Tehran. Russia said talks got off to a “successful” start, with the US expected to join indirectly for the first time since President Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House.
Shuttle diplomacy between two sides begins in Vienna. European diplomats shuttled between Iranian and American officials in Vienna on Tuesday in the most serious effort so far to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, ultimately agreeing to set up two expert-level working groups to nudge the process along.
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While both the Biden administration and Iran have said they’d like to resurrect the deal, which the United States exited under Donald Trump in 2018, a carefully choreographed series of moves from Tehran and Washington would be required to make that happen.
Diplomats saw Tuesday’s meeting as a small but significant step on the road to restoring the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), under which Iran accepted severe curbs on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of international sanctions.
After a series of bilateral meetings Tuesday morning, the JCPOA Joint Commission, responsible for overseeing the implementation of the deal, met in the afternoon at Vienna’s five-star Grand Hotel on the historic Ringstrasse. The commission includes all remaining parties to the JCPOA.
The American delegation installed itself just opposite at the Imperial Hotel, and diplomats from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union began shuttling between the two venues through heavy snow.
Enrique Mora, a senior EU official overseeing the talks, described the joint commission meeting as “constructive.”
“As Coordinator, I will intensify separate contacts here in Vienna with all relevant parties, including US,” Mora, deputy secretary-general of the European External Action Service, said on Twitter.
“There’s unity and ambition for a joint diplomatic process with two expert groups on nuclear implementation and sanctions lifting,” he said.
The goal of the talks, expected to last up to 10 days, is to identify concrete measures that both Washington and Teheran can take to return to compliance with the agreement. Diplomats do not expect U.S. and Iranian officials to meet directly during this round of talks.
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