Representatives from China, Russia, France and the UK will attend the virtual conference • State Department spokesman: "Welcomes the move, ready to take preliminary mutual steps"
Iranian President Rouhani
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At a virtual conference to be held today (Friday), senior officials from Iran, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom will meet to discuss the possibility of returning the United States to the nuclear deal.
According to the EU, "Participants will discuss how to ensure full and effective implementation of the agreement by all parties."
The conference will be chaired by diplomat Enrique More, as the representative of the Union's High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Defense Joseph Burrell.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement to Washington: "We obviously welcome the move, because it is a positive step. It has been clear to us for weeks that we are ready to return to meeting the nuclear deal with Iran, if Iran acts the same way."
He added that Washington is ready to do so through a "series of preliminary reciprocal steps".
Secretary of State in Linken: "We will strengthen the nuclear agreement with Iran" // Archive photo: Reuters
Earlier this week, the Politico reported that the US administration had submitted a proposal to Iran that Tehran reduce uranium enrichment and the installation of advanced centrifuges in exchange for easing economic sanctions on the country.
Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported yesterday that Iran has begun enriching uranium in the fourth cluster of advanced centrifuges at the Natanz underground enrichment plant.
