(USN) – The White House late Thursday said it is ready to meet with Iran, along with other signatories to the 2015 deal governing its nuclear program, opening the door to negotiations in one of the thorniest foreign issues facing President Joe Biden.
“The United States would accept an invitation from the European Union High Representative to attend a meeting of the P5+1 and Iran to discuss a diplomatic way forward on Iran’s nuclear program,”
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement Thursday afternoon, referencing the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council along with Germany – the primary signatories to the deal brokered by the Obama administration that President Donald Trump unilaterally tore up months into his administration.
The announcement came hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met virtually with his counterparts from France, Germany, and the U.K. The four chief diplomats issued a joint statement immediately afterward in which they commended the 2015 deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as “a key achievement of multilateral diplomacy” and pledged their interest in returning to some form of talks with Iran. READ MORE
