UN / IRAN MOGHERINI WRAP

Following a closed ministerial meeting of the EU3+3 and Iran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said all participants “agreed on the fact that all sides are implementing, so far, fully” the Iran nuclear agreement. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:30
• Production Date: 20 September 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FEDERICA MOGHERINI
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: 1974180
• Parent Id: 1974180
• Alternate Title: unifeed170920p

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STORY: UN / IRAN MOGHERINI WRAP
TRT: 03:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

20 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
2. Pan right, Iranian Foreign Minister entering Security Council
3. Pan right, US Secretary of State entering Security Council
4. Wide shot, foreign ministers in Security Council consultations room
5. Pan left, foreign ministers in Security Council consultations room
6. Pan right, Mogherini approaching stakeout
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“It has been a frank, open, and in-depth discussion during which we have agreed on the fact that all sides are implementing, so far, fully the agreement as it has been certified by the IAEA eight times for what concerns the nuclear commitments of Iran.”
8. Wide shot, Mogherini at stakeout
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“The general sense that we shared tonight with the ministers is that, with the difficult times we are living in the world of today, with quite a good number of conflicts, crises, and a nuclear threat coming from a different part of the world, the international community cannot afford dismantling an agreement that is working and delivering.”
10. Wide shot, Mogherini at stakeout
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“This is not a bilateral agreement. This is not an agreement that involves six or seven parties. This is a UN Security Council Resolution with an annex, and as such, all member states of the United Nations are considered to be bind to the resolution.”
12. Wide shot, Mogherini at stakeout
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“The agreement is concerning the nuclear programme, as such it is delivering. We all agreed that all parties are fulfilling their commitments, that the agreement is being implemented. If there are other issues, we can discuss other issues in other fora.”
14. Wide shot, Mogherini at stakeout
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“It’s a UN Security Council Resolution, so don’t imagine that one country does or dismantles the agreement. This is a UN Security Council Resolution.”
16. UPSOUND (English) journalist:
“Was there a discussion at all that if the US leaves what happens to JCPOA afterwards?”
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union:
“No, we didn’t discuss that. But I can tell you as Europeans - here I’m not speaking on behalf of all the others, I’m speaking for the European Union – as Europeans, we will make sure that the agreement stays.”
18. Pan right, Mogherini leaving stakeout

Storyline

Following a closed ministerial meeting of the EU3+3 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) and Iran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said all participants “agreed on the fact that all sides are implementing, so far, fully” the Iran nuclear agreement.

Mogherini described the meeting as a frank, open, and in-depth discussion adding that all sides agreed that there were no violations to the agreement. She said there were other issues outside the scope of the agreement that could be tackled in other fora. Mogherini chaired the meeting, which included US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif, this evening (20 Sep) in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

The EU Representative said the general sense that was shared by the ministers is that with a nuclear threat coming from a different part of the world, “the international community cannot afford dismantling an agreement that is working and delivering.” She stressed that the agreement, also known as the JCPOA, took 12 years to negotiate and is “not a bilateral agreement.” She added, as a UN Security Council Resolution, “all member states of the United Nations are considered to be bind to the resolution.”

Mogherini confirmed discussions of the United States possibly leaving the agreement, but noted that one country does not dismantle JCPOA. She said there were no discussions of what would happen to the JCPOA if the US left, but emphasised that the EU would “make sure that the agreement stays.”