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The European parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action –Britain, France
and Germany- have agreed to maintain trade with Iran independent of the US
dollar, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
According to the Russian minister, the decision would apply particularly to
small and medium-sized companies.
The participants in the Iranian deal have agreed to work out measures to protect
the countries’ businesses from US sanctions, RT quoted him as saying.
"Everyone agrees that this (US sanctions) is an absolutely illegal and
unacceptable policy, but, of course, this can hardly be changed and there will
be enough struggle in trade, economic and political spheres,” Lavrov added.
His comments came a few days after senior diplomats from Iran, Russia, China,
Britain, France, Germany and the European Union gathered in Vienna to discuss
the ways to save the Iran nuclear deal, known as JCPOA.
The final statement of the meeting emphasized the participants’ commitment to
the maintenance and promotion of wider economic and sectoral relations with
Iran, preservation and maintenance of effective financial channels with Iran,
promotion of export credit cover, clear and effective support for economic
operators trading with Iran, particularly small and medium sized enterprises
which are the backbone of many economies, and to protection of companies from
the extraterritorial effects of US sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said later that the operational
methods put forward in the ministerial meeting appeared to be practical.
On May 8, the US president pulled his country out of the JCPOA, which was
achieved in 2015 after years of negotiations among Iran and the Group 5+1
(Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).
Following the US exit, Iran and the remaining parties launched talks to save the
accord.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has
underlined that any decision to keep the JCPOA running without the US should be
conditional on "practical guarantees” from the Europeans.
Source:Tasnim News Agency