Turkey “Working to Avoid Repercussions of US Sanctions on Iran”

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Turkey's Foreign Ministry said the country's officials are working to prevent Ankara from being negatively affected by the US move to re-impose nuclear sanctions against Iran in the wake of Washington's withdrawal from a historic nuclear deal signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.

The ministry made the announcement in a Friday statement after a US delegation of Treasury and State Department officials held talks with Turkish authorities in Ankara on upcoming Washington's sanctions against Tehran.

Earlier in May, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington was walking away from the deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA].

Trump also said that he planned to 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.

Turkey’s statement further emphasized that Iran was an important neighbor for Turkey and that Ankara would continue to monitor the US sanctions within this framework.

Washington said it would be returning the sanctions in August and threatened the countries that maintain business with Iran despite the bans with “secondary sanctions.”

It also warned countries against keeping up their crude purchases from Iran from November 4 onward.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team