EU backs any Iran-US talks, but wants JCPOA to live on: Mogherini
Tehran (KNA) - European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the 28-nation bloc welcomes any talks between Iran and the US, emphasizing, however, that the 2015 nuclear deal enshrined in a United Nations Security Council resolution should be preserved.
She made the remarks upon arrival for a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on Thursday.
"We are always in favor of talks. The more people talk, the more people understand each other, the better - on the basis of clarity and on the basis of respect," Mogherini said.
"But again, first and foremost, what is existing needs to be preserved and the method of talks is always the one we prefer; it is always the one we encourage; it is always the one to which we invite our partners to take part on, on the basis, as I said, of respect of international rules and norms," she said.
Source: PressTV