What did Lavrov and Putin talk about
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi paid a visit to Moscow. One of the topics of the negotiations was the draft nuclear transaction, according to which the Islamic Republic is trying to negotiate with the United States. On Saturday, April 19, Washington and Tehran should hold another round of consultations, which will affect the content of the future agreement. According to the Iranian opposition media, the leadership of the Islamic Republic invited the White House to conclude a phased nuclear transaction. Its first phase involves a reduction in the level of enrichment of uranium to 3.67% in exchange for the defrosting of its foreign assets and oil exports.
Abbas Aragchi began his visit to Moscow on Thursday, April 17. On the same day his Accepted President Vladimir Putin. During a conversation with the head of the Russian state, the minister handed him the personal message of the supreme leader of Iran Ali Hameni. According to Mr. Aragchi, a letter It is designed to become « A signal to the whole world that Iran considers Russia to be his strategic partner and an important neighbor. » The chief of Iranian diplomacy said that his conversation with the Russian leader “emphasized the unprecedented dynamics of the political dialogue” of the two states.
On Friday, April 18, Mr. Aragchi took place A conversation with the Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov, during which a number of specific topics of the bilateral agenda were discussed, regarding primarily the trade and economic sphere. Global questions did not go without attention. The Iranian Minister informed the Russian Foreign Minister about the course of American-Iranian negotiations on nuclear problems. Their second round should take place on April 19 in Italy. The first meeting was adopted by Oman a week earlier.
At the final press conference, Mr. Lavrov said that the “only option” of a potential transaction between the United States and Iran may be an agreement exclusively on nuclear issues.
“I note especially that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to look for an agreement within the framework of an agreement on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons,” the Russian minister drew attention. “This is a fundamental moment.” According to him, it is this aspect that those parties that are trying to load nuclear negotiations with extraneous, political issues should be taken into account.
Moscow, for its part, Do not mind showing Promoting a potential deal, the Russian minister added. “We are ready to help, meditate, play any role that will be useful and which will be acceptable to the United States from the point of view of Iran,” Mr. Lavrov emphasized.
The United States is still hesitating in which version of the transaction will be relatively acceptable for them.
The special representative of the American leader Steve Whitkoff said on April 15 that any American-Iranian transaction should be the Trump’s deal. “This means that Iran should stop and eliminate his program of nuclear enrichment and the creation of weapons,” said Mr. Whitkoff on the social network X, despite the fact that earlier admitted: The Islamic Republic may allow Uranus to enrich Uranus within the framework of civilian developments, that is, not higher than 3.67%.
About how Iran sees a potential deal, the opposition Tehran satellite television channel told Iran International. According to several of his diplomatic sources, the Islamic Republic proposed a three -stage transaction to American negotiators. As part of its initial phase The Islamic Republic is ready to reduce the level of enrichment of uranium to 3.67% in exchange for access to its frozen foreign assets and the removal of American sanctions from oil exports.
At the second stage The Iranian leadership agreed to stop the enrichment of Uranus at a high level (60%) and return to inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to its nuclear infrastructure. But this will happen only if the United States removes additional sanctions against Iran and convict Great Britain, Germany and France refrain From the use of Snapback – procedures that provide for the restoration of all sanctions of the UN Security Council introduced against Iran in response to its nuclear development.
Third and last stage It suggests that the US Congress will approve the US-Iranian deal, and the Donald Trump administration will cancel both primary and secondary sanctions against Iran. For his part, Tehran will take on the obligation to transfer his reserves of highly enriched uranium neutral country, as was done as part of the 2015 nuclear transaction – a joint comprehensive action plan.
Iran International diplomatic sources, however, are sure that Iran’s proposal is a trick to delay the American-Israeli operation to destroy its nuclear facilities, which Washington threatening In recent months. “Iran mainly slows down to win the time to restore their capabilities in the field of air defense, which were completely destroyed Israel at the end of October, and to restore its capabilities for the production of Earth-Earth class, which were damaged as a result of the same Israeli attack, ”said one of the sources of Iran International.
