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JCPOA Parties Need to Show Flexibility to Revive Nuclear Deal - UN

JCPOA Parties Need to Show Flexibility to Revive Nuclear Deal - UN
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By Staff, Agencies

The spokesman of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal requires “flexibility” from the parties, saying the UN chief continues to support the agreement clinched between Iran and the world's powers.

Stéphane Dujarric made the remarks while addressing a press briefing on Monday amid protracted talks to restore the multilateral deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA].

“For him, I think what’s important is that all of the parties to the JCPOA demonstrate some flexibility, which is going to be required if you’re going to reach a compromise on the last remaining issues and return to the full implementation of the plan and [UN] resolution 2231 [2015] without any further delay,” he said.

“Everybody has a different role to play,” Dujarric said, explaining that the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], is involved in an aspect of the nuclear discussions and that IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi is “deeply involved on behalf, shall we say, of the United Nations’ system.”

He also said Guterres, for his part, has had discussions with a number of the JCPOA parties, including a recent phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

“He [Guterres] continues to have those discussions. He continues to be briefed from different parties,” Dujarric said.

The UN chief has always been a “strong proponent” of the JCPOA and he would continue to support the deal, the spokesman said.

The UN chief’s expression of support for the JCPOA comes ahead of Iranian President Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi’s scheduled trip to New York next week to address the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to reiterate Iran’s position on the deal and Washington’s illegal sanctions against Tehran.

The United States, under former President Donald Trump, abandoned the JCPOA in May 2018 and reinstated unilateral sanctions that the agreement had lifted.

The talks to salvage the agreement kicked off in the Austrian capital city of Vienna in April last year, months after Joe Biden succeeded Trump, with the intention of examining Washington’s seriousness in rejoining the deal and removing anti-Iran sanctions.

Despite notable progress, the US’s indecisiveness and procrastination caused multiple interruptions in the marathon talks.

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