South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister visits negotiators in Vienna – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
South Korean First Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kan arrived at Incheon International Airport in western Seoul on Tuesday to leave for the Austrian capital, Vienna, to meet with representatives of the negotiating countries. Meet the Vienna talks.
The purpose of the meeting is said to be to discuss the issue of Seoul’s oil debt to Iran, which has not been paid to Tehran since 2018 under the pretext of US sanctions.
About two months before the start of a new round of talks in Vienna on December 29, the South Korean Foreign Ministry announced that Choi Jong-kan and Robert Mali, the US special envoy for Iran, had spoken by telephone about efforts to They exchanged views on the resumption of the Vienna talks.
Without elaborating on the talks, the South Korean Foreign Ministry only mentioned that Mali shared the latest developments in the nuclear talks, and Choi stressed Seoul’s willingness to support diplomatic efforts.
Although South Korea is not a signatory and member of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran known as the Burjam, its allies have maintained ties with Seoul in this regard, especially since Iran’s assets have also been affected by US sanctions on Iran. This country is blocked.
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