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Iran dismissed on Thursday a call by the U.S. for it to return to full compliance of a nuclear deal first, insisting it had only taken “remedial measures” since America’s withdrawal.
“Reality check for @SecBlinken: The US violated (the) JCPOA,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted, referring to the accord by its formal name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. He said that as well as its unilateral withdrawal, the U.S. had also imposed sanctions that “blocked food/medicine to Iranians” and “punished adherence” to a UN resolution. “Now, who should take 1st step? Never forget Trump’s maximum failure,” he added, stressing Iran had “abided by the JCPOA”.
South Korea seeks Qatar s help for release of oil tanker seized by Iran
Oil tanker at a port [REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo] January 15, 2021 at 12:40 pm
South Korea s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun called on Qatar during his visit on Wednesday to help his country resolve the issue of Iran s detention of the Korean oil tanker and its crew.
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Yonhap News Agency quoted the ministry as saying that Jong Kun met with senior Qatari officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, and agreed with them to continue close bilateral cooperation in the fields of construction, energy and health, as well as on the international and United Nations levels.
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A delegation from Qatar, one of Russia’s major investors among Arab countries, paid a visit to Moscow. On Wednesday, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi held talks with the heads of Rosneft and VTB, Igor Sechin and Andrei Kostin, as well as Russian government members and Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council. During the visit, the Qatari envoys focused on the prospects of investment, trade and economic cooperation. This somehow compensated for the lack of contacts at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Kommersant writes. Qatar was scheduled to take part in the event, but the forum was canceled due to the pandemic.