MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Moscow has documented guarantees from the United States that the situation regarding imposed sanctions on behalf of Washington will have no impact on Russia’s cooperation with Iran, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
"We have received written guarantees," Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference following his talks in Moscow earlier in the day with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. "They [the guarantees] are a part of the agreement on the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] on Iran’s nuclear program."
"The agreement’s wording stipulates a solid protection of all previously envisaged JCPOA projects and further directions of activities, including a direct involvement of our companies and specialists, as well as their cooperation in regard to such flagship project of our cooperation at the Bushehr NPP [Nuclear Power Plant]."
US State Department of State Spokesman Ned Price announced on Monday that the United States would yield to no concessions to Russia regarding the resumption of talks on the joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program.
The Vienna talks on reviving the Iran nuke deal have entered the final stretch late last month and were expected to be over by late February, but extra circumstances requiring political decisions in Tehran, Washington and EU capitals have surfaced. The 20-page text of the deal on further measures to return to the nuclear deal in its original format has been agreed on.
According to diplomatic sources, the parties’ demands, including those of Russia, might have been impacted by the sanctions policy following the special military operation in Ukraine.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on March 11 that the parties to the Vienna talks have taken a pause due to external factors. He said that the final text is practically ready and pledged to maintain contact with all JCPOA signatories to finalize the agreement.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement on Monday that Moscow believed in the path of effectively and fully resuming the implementation of the JCPOA through "restoring a balance between the nuclear and economic aspects of the deal, as well as between the relevant interests of all the parties.".