Iran still holds door open for diplomacy: Deputy FM
Tehran (KNA) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran has held the door open for diplomacy despite its decision to press ahead with previously announced diminishing JCPOA commitments.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in a meeting with State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Lukáš Parízek and his accompanying delegation in Tehran on Tuesday.
Araghchi said that "unfortunately there is not any balance between Iran's obligations and its rights in the JCPOA anymore and given the lack of action from the Europeans side, there is no reason for Iran to carry out its commitments unilaterally."
Elsewhere, the senior Iranian diplomat expressed his happiness with the continued consolations and contacts between Iran and Slovakia, expressing hope that the bilateral trade relations would further expand after holding joint commission meeting in future.
Lukáš Parízek, for his part that his country is determined to continue political consultations and strengthen the economic and trade relations with Iran, expressing the readiness of Bratislava to hold joint commission meeting in future.
The Slovak diplomat also referred to his country's support for the JCPOA, expressing hope that with the implementation of the EU trade mechanism INSTEX, Europe would maintain and solidify its economic and trade relations with Iran.
Source: Mehr