Iran FM: Ideas on JCPOA revival were proposed
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who has begun a Middle East tour, told the press on Wednesday in Muscat, Oman, that one of the issues Iran and Oman agreed on during his trip was that, considering the geopolitical position of Iran in the issue of transit, the Ashgabat transit agreement, which begins from Oman and extends through Iran to Central Asia, must be implemented as soon as possible.
“We have made great progress in the field of energy and our cooperation is growing. Also, excellent things have happened in the field of trade, economy and investment. We hope that we will be able to complete these projects during the visit of the Sultan of Oman to Tehran. Of course, our colleagues will prepare documents for signing during the impending trip,” Iran’s foreign minister added.
He then reminded the press that using the opportunity regarding some regional issues, including the situation in Yemen, the need to speed up the lifting of the complete human blockade of Yemen, as well as the establishment of a permanent cease-fire… these are among the issues on which the Yemeni authorities always focus.
“Oman is a center for discussions on this issue, including discussions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansarallah and the Yemeni authorities, which have been held in Muscat recently,” he said.
Concurrently, Amir-Abdollahian added, he had talks with his Omani counterpart regarding the situation in Ukraine and some international issues.
“Oman is always interested in bringing the sanctions-removal talks (also known as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal) to a favorable conclusion. There were ideas in this regard, and we received the proposed ideas.”
In an interview with Bardasht-e-Aval magazine published on Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian said that the United States has adopted hostile policies since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but Iran’s policy regarding the U.S. might change if a U.S. government rises to power that doesn’t want to take advantage of Iran.
“Our policy regarding the U.S. is clear. But suppose that one day officials who don’t look at countries with a dominating attitude come to power in the U.S. and don’t want to take advantage of Iran. Then we get into the phase of interaction and mutual benefits, and our policy will be different,” the foreign minister elaborated.