Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States has reiterated assurances that Washington will remain committed to any possible deal with Tehran over its nuclear program.
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“The US delegation reassured us that in case of any agreement [between Iran and the P5+1 countries], the US government will commit to the implementation of the deal,” Zarif told reporters following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on Monday.
“What we expect the US administration and other governments is that they remain committed to their international commitments,” the Iranian minister added.
He also noted that during the meeting, the two top diplomats agreed that Iran and the P5+1 countries would continue drafting the details of a final nuclear agreement with seriousness on Wednesday and continue the work by next week to finalize the deal.
Zarif said the European Union’s delegation would also arrive in New York on Wednesday, adding that representatives of Iran, the EU and US would work on the draft of the final nuclear deal and continue the writing within the next weeks in Europe.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany - reached a mutual understanding on Tehran’s nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2.
The two sides ended their latest round of talks at the deputy and expert levels in Vienna, Austria, on April 24. The three-day talks were held with the goal of drafting the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) based on the mutual understanding reached in Lausanne.
Iran and the six-party group have agreed to finalize a comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program by the end of June.
This comes as the US Senate is planning a debate on authorizing Congress to review a possible accord with Iran. Republicans in Congress are at loggerheads with the White House over pursuing a diplomatic approach toward Iran.
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