TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to France Bahram Qassemi welcomed Europe's interest in strengthening multilateralism in the world, saying that implementation of undertakings will help the cause.
Europe which is interested in the world of multilateralism should make more efforts to be faithful to its commitments and do its duties, Qassemi wrote on his twitter page on Wednesday.
He added that the INSTEX- Instrument In Support of Trade Exchanges- should concentrate on countering the US unilateralism and its illegal acts.
Qassemi also referred to the Wednesday telephone conversation between the Iranian and French presidents, and said such talks are a starting point for entering new periods of cooperation in line with reaching better mutual understanding, taking more effective efforts to ensure global peace and security and solving some regional problems.
The ambassador said conversations will be a good way to strengthen common viewpoints about different international questions.
"Experiences have well taught us" that the ideal way to serve common interests and develop cooperation in any area is "dialogue" and exchange of views, he added.
Touching upon the US destructive move to annihilate the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement, which as he said has been the most successful agreement of the 21st century, Qassemi said such move is an important question to which the European sides should pay attention.
In a phone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday, his French counterpart Emanuel Macron underlined the need for keeping the JCPOA in place, and said, "Our views with the United States on the extension of the arms embargo on Iran are quite different, and we have made this clear to them."
On Iran-Europe economic ties, the French president said, "We are taking steps to make the European financial system with Iran more active."
Rouhani, for his part, stressed that Europe should not be swayed by the US, reiterating Tehran's opposition to Washington's attempts to act against UN Security Council resolutions.
"According to UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the arms embargo on Iran must be lifted as of October 18, and if the United States seeks to act against it, it is a violation of the resolution," the Iranian chief executive said.
Rouhani said that maintaining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and sticking to UNSCR 2231, which endorses the JCPOA, constitute obvious commitments of all countries that remain in the Iran agreement.
He added that Tehran expects close consultations and cooperation between Iran and the three European parties to the JCPOA as well as Russia and China, the other two signatories to the accord, in different forums, including in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the IAEA Board of Governors, as well as the UN Security Council, to prevent the opponents of the JCPOA from achieving their goals.
Commenting on US bids to invoke a sanctions snapback mechanism enshrined in the JCPOA, Rouhani said the United States has no right to use the mechanism, given that it left the agreement more than two years ago.
He said the US policy to impose illegal and inhumane sanctions against Iran amid the coronavirus pandemic is "abhorrent" and in contradiction with international regulations and the 2005 enactments by the World Health Organization, and stressed the need for European action in activating economic relations with Iran and cooperating in the fight against COVID-19.
The US has stepped up attempts aimed at extending the UN arms ban on Iran that is set to expire on October 18 as part of the JCPOA.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 nuclear deal if it cannot secure an arms embargo extension.
Since leaving the JCPOA, the US has been resorting to its maximum pressure campaign against Iran by reinstating its sanctions and persuading others to follow its suit.
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