May 16, 2020 20:56

EU Undecided on US Threat Against Nuclear Accord

JCPOA’s European parties have not taken a position on the US strategy to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Iran so far while Russia and China have already expressed their opposition

The European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc still needs to consider the United States' demand of extending Iran's soon-to-expire arms ban and he cannot comment on their reaction before the due date.
"We have to think about it but for the time being I cannot explain you something that hasn't happened," Wall Street Journal quoted Borrell as saying on Twitter.
The United Nations arms embargo on Iran is set to expire in October as per the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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