Russia warns at the UN Security Council that the collapse of the Iranian nuclear deal would send an “alarming” message to the world and compromise efforts to persuade North Korea to scrap its nuclear arsenal.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells a council meeting on non-proliferation that the 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was a major diplomatic achievement.
“Clearly the failure of the JCPOA, especially as a result of one of the parties … would be an alarming message for the entire international community architecture, including the prospects for dealing with the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula,” says Lavrov.
US President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to again waive US nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, but demanded that US lawmakers and European allies fix the “disastrous flaws” in the deal.
Washington is concerned that the deal, thrashed out over 12 years of talks, does nothing to punish Iran over its ballistic missile program, interference in regional conflicts or human rights abuses at home.
— AFP
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