ISTANBUL
The Iraqi government has expressed fears about the stalemate in talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Monday in Baghdad with U. N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding Rosemary A. DiCarlo and U. N. Secretary-General Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
Hussein said the Iraqi government is involved in “the stalemate of the Iran nuclear deal,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The head of international relations “wants to revive this issue, although the region is experiencing less tension than before, especially between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” he added.
Hussein expressed his “appreciation for the role played through the United Nations in Iraq,” highlighting his country’s aspiration “for more foreigners to confront terrorism. “
Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington to revive the deal, negotiated through the EU, have stalled since August due to key disagreements, with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigation into “undeclared nuclear sites” added, which Iran has dismissed as a “political decision. “.
Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran only allowed uranium enrichment to 3. 67%. The threshold gradually crossed through Tehran after the United States withdrew from the deal in May 2018.
DiCarlo, for his part, affirmed “the commitment of the United Nations for Iraq to face security challenges,” and stressed the importance of “promoting the language of discussion in the Gulf region and the Middle East. “
*Written through Mahmoud Barakat