European Council President Charles Michel met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York, where they discussed restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program.
"[I] met with Iranian President Raisi on the margins of the [77th session of the] UN General Assembly. The EC fully supports the immediate restoration of the JCPOA. Reaching an agreement [on the Iran nuclear deal] is in our common interest," Michel wrote on his Twitter page on Tuesday.
The sides also discussed regional issues and bilateral relations, "as well as human rights, particularly women's rights."
The JCPOA was signed with Iran in 2015 to address the crisis over its nuclear development by the permanent UN Security Council Five and Germany. Former US President Donald Trump decided in 2018 to withdraw from the arrangement. Current US leader Joe Biden has repeatedly signaled a willingness to bring Washington back into the nuclear deal with Tehran. Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the US and France have been negotiating with Iran in Vienna since last April to restore the JCPOA to its original form.
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Based on materials from TASS