During a phone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on
Monday, President Rouhani said Iran has already remained faithful to all its
commitments under the deal, and expects other sides to speed up their plans with
more transparency to save the deal.
"Iran is seeking to save the nuclear deal but if it comes to this conclusion
that there would be no resolute guarantee by the European sides in financial,
monetary, oil, insurance and transportation areas, we will turn to our
alternative measures,” he added.
According to President Rouhani, the other sides of the JCPOA bear a heavy
responsibility to save the nuclear accord following the US pullout.
In turn, Macron expressed his country’s willingness to strengthen its mutual
ties with the Islamic Republic and added France will do whatever in its capacity
to save the JCPOA and to this end, it would remain faithful to all its
commitments.
Elaborating on the measures adopted by the European sides of the Iran nuclear
deal to save the accord, Macron said the Europeans have put hard efforts into
protecting the JCPOA by following certain trade and financial mechanisms.
During the phone call, the two presidents also exchanged views on a number of
regional and international issues including the Syria crisis.
The upcoming meeting between the European foreign ministers as well as the EU
Foreign Policy chief with Iranian foreign minister on regional issues was also
discussed during the phone call.
President Rouhani and his French counterpart also underlined the need for
keeping their close contacts to pursue the two countries’ joint goals.
Source:IFP