29 Mar 2024
Thursday 8 December 2016 - 15:05
Story Code : 242085

Japan to give Iran $2.1 million for nuclear security to help lift sanctions

Sputnik- Japan has made a decision to provide Iran with 2,05 million euro (about $2.1 million) through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the purposes of nuclear security to help the country implement its obligations under the nuclear deal and ensure the lifting of sanctions, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Kishida held a press conference afternegotiations withhis Iranian colleague Mohammad Javad Zarif. It is important tocontinue implementation ofnuclear agreements, Kishida added asquoted bythe Kyodo news agency. US president-elect Donald Trump duringhis election company said he intended tocancel the deal withIran.

arlier inDecember,the US Senate voted infavor ofextending sanctions imposed againstIran in1996 for10 more years. Part ofthe sanctions related tothe country's controversial nuclear program were lifted inJanuary 2016 inexchange forIran's pledge tocomply withthe nuclear deal reached withthe P5+1 group ofworld powers China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States plus Germany.

Japan expressed its willingness toeconomically cooperate withIran afterthe removal ofsanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country would not allow the new US president totear upthe nuclear agreement. Rouhani considers the extension ofsanctions tobe a violation ofthe deal.
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