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MAE, confident in diplomatic efforts to achieve "comprehensive and lasting settlement of the Iranian nuclear file"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) expresses its confidence in continuing diplomatic efforts so as to achieve "real progress and the final, comprehensive and lasting settlement of the Iranian nuclear file," reads a MAE press release. "As to the decision of the United States to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran, amid a negative appreciation by the US Administration of the policies promoted by Iran and the lack of real guarantees regarding its regional policy and the development of its ballistic program, MAE expresses confidence in continuing diplomatic efforts so as to achieve real progress and the final, comprehensive and lasting settlement of the Iranian nuclear file," the release reads.
At the same time, MAE informs that Romania will continue to cooperate with the representatives of the entire international community and with the United States with regard to the management of the nuclear files.
"Romania will continue to cooperate with the representatives of the entire international community and the United States, its most important strategic partner, to identify the best ways to improve security at regional and international level and to manage nuclear files in accordance with the Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, with full observance of the UN Security Council resolutions and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors," the release also reads.
On Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu, referring to Romania's standpoint in relation to the recently announced decision of President Donald Trump that he withdraws the USA from the nuclear agreement with Iran, said that "we are concerned and we wish to contribute to finding solutions to overcome this situation."
"For now, the only consequence of the American decision is USA's exit from the Nuclear Agreement with the Iran and the returning to the old sanctions against this country. For all the other parties involved in this nuclear agreement and for the other states the treaty provisions are still in force, as long as these country won't also withdraw, in their turn. So, from this perspective, there aren't any problems. But obviously that we are concerned and we wish to contribute with solutions to help overcome this situation. It is normal that we try our best for a reassessment and development of the Nuclear Agreement that the five states had with Iran," Teodor Melescanu stated on Wednesday at Parliament.
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening the withdrawal of the United Stated from the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Trump criticized the agreement concluded back in 2015 between the USA, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany - with Iran, by saying that the suspension of the sanctions in exchange for Iran giving up its nuclear programme was wrongly negotiated from the very beginning and allowed Teheran to continue its arming programme with rockets capable of transporting nuclear warheads. Moreover, the US President underscored that the agreement did not stopped Iran from further financing terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East.