Joint Commission Meeting on Iran's Nuclear Deal to Take Place Next Week - Moscow

The next meeting of the Joint Commission for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program will take place in Vienna next week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Sputnik on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier on Tuesday, Ryabkov held a meeting in Tehran with Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministers Abbas Araghchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (CAPA).

"This agreement [on Iran's nuclear program] is beneficial to all its participants and has a broader aim to deal with regional security and stability. The agreement must be implemented with utmost responsibility bearing in mind the fact that emerging issues can only be solved collegially, on the basis of well-balanced approaches using the mechanisms created for this. In particular, the joint commission, the next meeting of which is scheduled for next week in Vienna," Ryabkov said.

Signed in 2015, JCPOA has been in effect since January 2016. The deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States plus Germany, stipulates the limiting Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for the gradual lifting of international economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed on Iran.