TEHRAN, January 21 - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbasa Araqchi and State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office Walter J. Lindner discussed issues of mutual interests as well as regional and international matters as they met in Berlin.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with P5+1 officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was another issue focused in the meeting.
They stressed preserving the deal and complying with the commitments to the deal by all sides.
Araqchi also met with State Secretary of German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Matthias Machnig where they discussed bilateral economic ties.
He also outlined positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran about regional and international matters at a conference in Körber Foundation.
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany signed the JCPOA on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016. Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.