Mohammad Javad Zarif who was speaking at a joint press conference with Mongolia Foreign Minister Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren on Wednesday, told reporters that Iran had been negotiating with the US government as representative of the totality of the US, and that the US government was responsible for solving its domestic issues in any manner it preferred; “however, as an international convention, domestic issues should not undermine a country’s international obligations,” he added.
“The US Secretary of State has officially said in his letter that the government will not allow any barrier to stifle implementation of JCPOA. This is a stated policy and we should wait to see how it would unfold in the future,” Zarif emphasized.
About the correspondence of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission presiding board and Supreme National Security Council about the Congress bill, Zarif said that the SNSC supervisory board, established by Leader’s letter and responsible for the healthy implementation of JCPOA, would inform the members about the letter by the Commission, and decide accordingly.
“In the foreign ministry, we have received tens of emails and phone calls by the 5+1 members who will be affected by the Congress bill and would denounce the decision; all this will be communicated to JCPOA Follow-up Commission which is to decide on the issue,” he told reporters.
Turning to his Mongolian counterpart, he welcomed Mr. Purevsuren’s second visit to Iran; “since four years ago when Mongolian president came to Tehran to participate in NAM conference, both countries developed good dialogue to improve ties in fields of culture and history, and today we addressed grounds of political and economic cooperation in agriculture, energy, and mining sectors,” Zarif told reporters.
Mr. Purevsuren, for his part, said that Iran and Mongolia had established diplomatic contacts decades ago, which however was not restricted to recent 45 years and had been traced back to history; “we embarked on some joint projects two years ago, and common history will inform our better understanding and wider cooperation in trade; Mongolia welcomes better ties with Iran and we discussed exchange programs in universities,” he added.
“In energy sector, we could use Iranian investments in Mongolian excavations and oil production, since Iran is a pioneer country in terms of technology and facilities,” Mr. Purevsuren suggested. About Mongolian exports of livestock to Iran, he said that diversification of economy is a field where grounds for cooperation were favorable than elsewhere.
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