(ANSA) - TEHRAN, June 25 - The talks on Iranian nuclear will resume in the next few days: this was stated by the EU's senior foreign policy representative, Josep Borrell, on a visit to Tehran today.
"My visit to Tehran has one main objective: to give new impetus to the negotiations and get the JCPOA nuclear agreement back on track," wrote Borrell on Twitter.
"Three months have passed since the talks in Vienna were on hiatus.
We need to stop the current escalation dynamic and accelerate our work. We need to close the deal now.
In the meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister HosseinAmir-Abdollahian we agreed to resume negotiations between Iran and the United States in the coming days, facilitated by my team, to resolve the latest outstanding issues.
Our bilateral relationships have enormous potential, but without a functioning one we cannot fully develop our relationships.
I also raised urgent issues such as the massive detention of European citizens in Iran and called for their release, "he added.
"The EU has decided to offer the Gulf countries a deeper cooperation, for security, digital, green transition and trade - added Borrell -. And I cannot imagine the region without Iran, because you are fundamental for the stability of the country. region. As the EU we want to strengthen our bilateral relations because I am convinced that we have great potential: our economies are complementary, we are big markets, we can do a lot on gas and oil. That's why we need the nuclear agreement ".
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