Russia expects that the results of the Iranian presidential elections will have a positive influence on the negotiations of the Joint commission of Iran and the international Five (Russia, Great Britain, Germany, China and France) to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, Zamir Kabulov, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Director of the Second Asia Department of the Foreign Ministry, told TASS on Monday.
"We hope [that they will have] only a positive impact, and then we will see by the behavior of other participants in this agreement," Kabulov said, answering a related question.
According to Kabulov, Russia welcomes the results of Iran's presidential election and is confident that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran will continue in a positive and constructive way.
"We assess positively [the results of Iran's presidential election] and are sure that our relations will continue to develop constructively and progressively," Kabulov said.
Iran and the international five have been in face-to-face talks in Vienna since April to restore the Iran nuclear agreement to its original form: lifting US sanctions on Iran, Iran meeting its nuclear obligations, and the US returning to the deal. Representatives of the JCPOA states are also holding separate consultations with the US delegation without Iranian participation. All delegations were first expected to complete their work in late May and then in early June.
The thirteenth presidential election in the history of modern Iran ended Saturday night. It was attended by 28.9 million people. Ebrahim Raisi received 17.9 million votes and the country's Interior Ministry said he was declared the official winner of the vote. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Raisi.
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Based on materials from TASS