France: EU likely to lift some Iran sanctions in December
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Mon 25 Nov 2013 - 13:36
TEHRAN (ISNA)- The EU will likely ease sanctions in place against Iran in December, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of a landmark deal over Tehran's nuclear program that ended a decade of diplomatic deadlock.
The European Union will ease sanctions imposed on Tehran "in December," the French foreign minister told radio Europe 1 on Monday. Fabius added that a meeting between EU foreign ministers had been scheduled for the coming weeks to discuss the lightening of the sanctions.
Although Fabius did not specify which sanctions would be lifted, he said that the move would be "reversible."
"We are doing the same as the American side," RT quoted him as saying. The P5+1 reached a deal with Iran in the early hours of Sunday morning that will allow Tehran access to $4.2 billion in funds frozen as part of the embargo imposed on the country.
The agreement will allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium, to 5 per cent.
Meantime, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov intimated that Iran's right to enrichment has been acknowledged.
"This deal means that we agree with the need to recognize Iran's right for peaceful nuclear energy, including the right for enrichment, Lavrov told Russian press following negotiations.
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