"This is a very healthy process. We, in principle, favor establishing some mechanisms of cooperation, transparency, confidence-building in the [Persian] Gulf region. At this stage, the resumption of the deal does not depend on Iran, or Russia, or China. The ones who destroyed it must now bring it back to life,” Russia's TASS news agency quoted Lavrov as saying in New York on Tuesday.
Lavrov added that while relations in the Middle East region are being normalized, missing the chance to revive the JCPOA will be a mistake.
“Attempts to create new requirements that were not mentioned in the initial text (of the JCPOA) complicate the process and reflect the policy of grasping unilateral advantages through bargaining or blackmail," according to TASS.
Lavrov further referred to normalization of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia after seven years through China’s mediation and said it was a constructive process.
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