China, Russia, EU won’t leave JCPOA behind: Pak diplomat

Former ambassador of Pakistan to Iran strongly believes says China, Russia and European countries are fully aware of political and economic importance of nuclear deal with Iran (JCPOA) will never leave the agreement behind, AVA Diplomatic reports.

Shamshad Ahmad Khan said that JCPOA will have economic and political achievement not only for the countries included in the agreement, but for the whole region.

“They have spent lot of time and energy on nuclear talks with Iran to reach the deal and it will not be easy for them to leave such a vital and precious deal behind,” he said.

He added that China, Russia and the European countries are interested in keeping and preserving the Iran nuclear deal because it is in the interest of the regional peace and salability.

Former foreign secretary expressing his views said this region is the most volatile region of the world for various reasons. “Iran has an important role to play in this region just as Pakistan has to play, so I think with the deal Iran was brought into global and regional main stream politics,” he said.

He said one would hope that there would be nothing that will disturb this arrangement which had been achieved as a result of this long-awaited deal between Iran and the western powers.

Expressing his views the expert on international affairs said one year is not enough to see all advantages of the deal, these things always take time, but one has to make sure that the deal is fully adhered to arrangements that were agreed under this deal and must be complied by all sides concerned.

The analyst added it is a bit too early to say whether the new US government will remain committed to Iran nuclear deal; there is so much of uncertainty on the global horizon, so the best thing is to wait until the new president takes over.

“He (Donald Trump) has been making several statements which created alarm all over the world, but I am sure once that individual who gets elected takes over as the president then perhaps he starts acting as an institution rather than an individual, so one would hope the new president of the US will not jeopardize or disturb the arrangements or the commitments that his predecessors have made,” former ambassador said.