Jordan welcomes Iran deal, urges commitment

AMMAN — Jordan on Monday welcomed the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the P5+1 powers, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

Jordan’s permanent representative at the United Nations, Dina Kawar, said in remarks at a UN Security Council meeting that Jordan welcomes the deal on the Iranian nuclear issue, which took months of negotiations involving China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the EU to reach an agreement. 

Jordan has constantly supported a diplomatic and peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, and thus it backs support any step taken to enhance regional and international security and stability, especially in light of the recent crises facing the region, Kawar said. 

She said that the Kingdom hopes the deal will increase trust between the Middle East’s countries and be the beginning of a comprehensive dialogue directed over regional controversies.

Kawar said Jordan hopes that the envisioned dialogue becomes the first step to end the arms race in the Middle East and totally clear it from all kinds of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear arsenals. 

The diplomat highlighted the importance of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s role in following up on the implementation of the deal and supplying the UN Security Council regularly with reports on Iran’s commitment to the joint action plan. 

The Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers as a step that paves the way to a series of measures, leading to the end of UN sanctions on Tehran, Petra reported.

Under the decision, the sanctions can be enforced again if Iran breaks its commitment to the deal.

The agreement with Tehran was reached last Tuesday in Vienna by the UN council’s five permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany, Agence France-Press (AFP) reported.

The nuclear deal has been touted as an opening for greater contact between Iran and the leading nations over common interests, particularly on tackling Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, according to AFP.