Commenting on the the United States willingness to return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), originally between Iran, Germany and the five permanent UN Security Council members, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, including the IAEA, said: “Americans have shown a very responsible approach in this regard. They are ready at this stage to discuss the return to what it was. It is rational, pragmatic and correct.”
Speaking on Rossiya-24 news channel on March 5 he expressed criticism of both Iran and the U.S. in their current approach to talks. “In this situation, we see that either Tehran or Washington starts saying that the other side must make the first step. It is a road to nowhere. The only way to make progress is to synchronize practical steps so that nobody could assume they have lost face,” he stated/
Ulyanov said the best way for the two countries to proceed is to create a roadmap to synchronize each step of the way for a return to the full agreement. “It is obvious that they should start as soon as possible,” he said when asked when talks on the U.S. return to the Iran nuclear deal would begin. “Perhaps, an informal meeting of the current parties to the deal and the United States is needed to start talks. In principle, it is quite likely, but some details need to be clarified, as the issue is very sensitive, especially for Iran,” Ulyanov replied.
