(14 May 2018) AGENCY POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Moscow - 14 May 2018
1. Various of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov enters the room and shake hands with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
2. Cutaway camera
3. Various of two delegations taking a seat
4. Cutaway
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"Unfortunately, once again we see that Washington is trying to revise the key international agreements as it happens to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as it happens to the Jerusalem problem and a number of other agreements."
6. Medium of Iran's Foreign Ministers Javad Zarif
7. Officials and delegation in the room
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"Today we hope to see how we can with participation of European Troika, China, Russia, Iran and the European Union use the mechanisms available not to allow undermining of this important document, not to allow destabilizing of the situation in the region, not to allow new threats to the non-proliferation regime."
9. Lavrov and Zarif at the table
10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister:
"The JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is based on the balance of obligations between the Iranian side and Europe including the United States. And after the United States pulled out this balance is undermined. We should see how we can secure the interests of the Iranian people."
11. Cutaway
12. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister:
"And of course, the goal of all these talks is making sure that the interests of Iranian people - which are guaranteed by the JCPOA - are protected."
13. Various of the meeting
14. Various Ministry of Foreign Affairs exteriors
STORYLINE:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Iranian counterpart in Moscow on Monday to discuss what can be done to preserve the Iran nuclear deal after U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to scrap the U.S. participation in the agreement.
Russia is one of the six signatories to the landmark Iran nuclear deal, which has been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council.
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed in 2015 was "based on the balance of obligations between the Iranian side and Europe including the United States."
"After the United States pulled out, this balance is undermined. We should see how we can secure the interests of the Iranian people," Zarif said.
Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 accord under which Iran would curb its nuclear programme, last Tuesday.
He said the accord that allowed for the lifting of sanctions wasn't tough enough on Iran.
Iran had said it may resume uranium enrichment at a higher rate if it finds the nuclear deal will not work anymore after the US withdrawal.
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