NOTIFICATION
To trigger the dispute mechanism, the three European countries notified the European Union, which acts as guarantor of the agreement. EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell said the aim was not to reimpose sanctions but to ensure compliance. After months of announcing gradual steps to reduce compliance, Iran said on Jan. 6 it would scrap all limits on enriching uranium. The nuclear diplomacy is at the heart of a broader confrontation between Iran and the United States, which killed Iran’s most powerful military commander in a drone strike on Jan. 3. Iran has since seen an outpouring of domestic unrest after accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian airliner. The European countries said they were acting “in good faith with the overarching objective of preserving the JCPoA”. “Given recent events, it is all the more important that we do not add a nuclear proliferation crisis to the current escalation threatening the whole region,” they said.“TRUMP DEAL”
U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal reached under his predecessor Barack Obama, arguing it was too weak and new sanctions would force Iran to accept more stringent terms. Iran says it will not negotiate with sanctions in place. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the way forward was to agree a new “Trump deal”. “If we’re going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it with the Trump deal,” Johnson said. “President Trump is a great dealmaker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the JCPoA and get the Trump deal instead.” Under the 2015 deal’s dispute mechanism, the EU should now inform the other parties - Russia and China as well as Iran - of the European move. There would then be 15 days to resolve differences, a deadline which can be extended by consensus. The process can ultimately lead to a “snapback” - the reimposition of sanctions under previous U.N. resolutions. “At one point we have to show our credibility,” said a European diplomat. A second diplomat said: “Our intention is not to restore sanctions, but to resolve our differences through the very mechanism that was created in the deal.”DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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