Rouhani: US exit from Iran nuclear deal will benefit no one
Tehran (KNA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has slammed as illegal the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, saying Washington’s move benefits no one.
"Both of us agree that we should try to keep this agreement. We see eye to eye that the US move [to withdraw from the deal] is illegal, against international obligations and to the detriment of the US and all countries," Rouhani said during a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna on Wednesday.
"The withdrawal of the US from this agreement is not in the interest of anyone," the Iranian president added, stressing that the nuclear deal was the outcome of diplomacy and logic.
The Austrian chancellor, for his part, said his country and the European Union were committed to the JCPOA, adding, "We hope that the talks that will take place in Vienna in the coming days between the foreign ministers of the other parties to the agreement about developments regarding the withdrawal of the United States will have positive results."
Foreign ministers from China, France, Germany, Britain and Russia will meet with Iranian officials on Friday in Vienna to discuss how to keep the JCPOA alive after the US exit from the pact, Reuters reported.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini confirmed the meeting in a statement on Wednesday.
Source: PressTV