Pakistan, while responding to the US pullout from the Inran Nuclear Deal has said that international agreements are sacrosanct and should be respected.
“Pakistan believes that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) represents a very good example of a negotiated settlement of complex issues, through dialogue and diplomacy,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal said.
The spokesman said that Pakistan believes that international treaties and agreements concluded through painstaking negotiations are sacrosanct.
“Arbitrarily rescinding such agreements will undermine confidence in the value of dialogue and diplomacy in the conduct of international relations and the peaceful resolution of disputes,” he said.
He recalled that Pakistan had welcomed the JCPOA when it was concluded and hope that all parties will find a way for its continuation, especially when the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly verified Iran’s compliance.
“We have noted the willingness of the parties to the agreement to work together on upholding their respective commitments as stipulated in the JCPOA, despite U.S. decision to withdraw from it,” Faisal said.
Donald Trump’s decision invited condemnation globally. The United Nations expressed ‘deep’ concern’ over the pullout and the former US President Barack Obama called it a serious mistake.
“I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake,” Obama said in a statement soon after Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the agreement.
Saudi Arabia, however has welcomed the move saying that Iran used the accord to sow seeds of discord in the region.
However, Iran has said that they would stay in the deal with five other signatories. Under the deal signed in Vienna with six world powers – the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union – Iran scaled back its uranium enrichment programme and promised not to pursue nuclear weapons.
