Among the uncertainties, Iran and the US show “willingness” in agreement talks Joe Biden News

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said “all parties” are ready to talk “seriously” about a way to return to the nuclear deal.

The U.S. and Iran’s indirect negotiations to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are based on the steps that will end U.S. sanctions and Iran to take back its obligations, Biden White House officials said on Friday.

“We have seen the willingness of all sides, including Iranians, to talk seriously about austerity cuts and the path back to the JCPOA,” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

Sullivan’s comments to a U.S. team were the start of a third round this week conferences in Vienna where representatives from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the European Union make the shuttle between US and Iranian delegations.

“I’m not going to characterize the essence of the negotiations right now because they’re in a clear place … it’s not clear,” Sullivan told the Aspen Security Forum website.

“It’s still not certain whether that will end with a Vienna agreement,” he said.

The JCPOA is an acronym for the Comprehensive Comprehensive Action Plan, which is the formal title of a 2015 UN-sponsored agreement banning Iran and the world’s powers from developing nuclear weapons.

Former President Donald Trump he withdrew unilaterally Since the US deal in 2018 and imposed severe economic sanctions on Iran. In response, Tehran has begun enriching uranium at higher levels approaching arms levels.

President Joe Biden has pledged to return to the agreement. Iran refused to resume compliance in direct talks in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

Sullivan was asked if the Iranians were negotiating in good faith.

“I think there’s always good faith in the eyes of the viewer,” he said. “The Iranians have it come in a serious way having a serious discussion about the details and the team is working on those details now. “

The talks were about “how to sequence the process” US abolition of sanctions and Iran to stop its wealth work, Sullivan said.

In recent days, Israeli high-ranking officials met in Washington with Secretary of State Sullivan and Antony Blinken to convey concerns about the progress made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Iran’s nuclear program.

The Aspen Security Forum is a non-partisan conference held annually in the U.S. state of Colorado. This year it was based on the first days that Biden had 100 charges. Also in attendance were Biden Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, former Trump Deputy Secretary of State Steve Biegun and Obama’s former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon.

The U.S. may use “sticks and carrots” to influence human rights in Afghanistan after U.S. and NATO troops and foreign contractors withdrew on Biden’s orders this year, Undersecretary Hicks said.

Sullivan added that the Biden Administration believes that the US will have “sufficient capacity” to “suspend threats” in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, the White House continues to make plans to hold a summit between Russian President Biden and Vladimir Putin sometime in the coming months in a European nation.

Sullivan said China has renewed US economic growth and strengthened alliances in the Indo-Pacific. “He’s thinking twice about whether the U.S. is going down,” he said.