Dialog, cooperation key to maintaining Iran nuclear deal: China FM
Tehran (KNA) - China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi says dialog and cooperation are key to maintaining a multilateral nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
Wang made the remarks at a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu following their meeting in Beijing on Friday, several weeks after the US pullout from the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
"Of course, this deal cannot solve all problems, just as an umbrella cannot cover the heads of 100 people. Issues outside the deal should be solved through other dialogs," Wang said.
"The key is to be patient and maintain the dialog mechanism instead of resorting to confrontation," he added.
US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that Washington was walking away from the nuclear agreement, which was reached between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - plus Germany.
Trump also said he would reinstate US nuclear sanctions on Iran and impose "the highest level" of economic bans on the Islamic Republic.
Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.
Since the US president pulled Washington out of the historic nuclear deal, European countries have been scrambling to ensure that Iran gets enough economic benefits to persuade it to stay in the deal. The remaining parties have vowed to stay in the accord.
Source: Press TV