“What was exchanged between us and Saudi Arabia [in Friday Syria talks] was highly tensed and controversial, but Mr. Zarif spared no efforts in pushing forward Iran’s viewpoints to be included in the final communiqué of the summit,” said Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi referring to the ministerial summit on Syria held in Vienna on October 30.
Araghchi added that the ratification of the final statement containing the Islamic Republic’s principled demands could be the basis for the future complex talks on resolving the Syrian crisis.
“The reason why all participating ministers saw to the realization of our viewpoints is that they knew what Iran was putting forward stemmed from the Syrian people’s demands,” said Araghchi.
Meanwhile, Iran’s deputy-FM for Arab and African affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Al-Alam Arabic TV Network that Iran would quit Syria peace talks if they failed due to Saudi Arabia's 'negative role'.
Elsewhere, Araghchi discussed the implementation process of the JCPOA, adding “the EU statement and President Obama’s letter were the required guarantees and currently our lawyers are probing into the issued documents. There appears to be no problem and the lawyers will announce their certainty in a few days.”
The Iranian official then stressed that no centrifuges has yet been dismantled in Fordow and Natanz facilities, responding to the warning of a number of MPs on Monday’s open session of the Parliament who demanded that President Rouhani issue a directive mandating the revoke of his former directive to dismantle centrifuges in Fordow and Natanz facilities until the conditions set by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution were met.
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