TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel held a meeting on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In a post on his X account on Wednesday, the EU foreign policy chief stated that he sent three key points to Iran’s foreign minister.

Borrell has decried what he called “arbitrary detentions of EU nationals” in Iran and demanded their release.

He also emphasized the importance of “finding a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue through the JCPOA.”

The top EU diplomat further said that he had urged Iran to “stop military cooperation with Russia” in the Ukraine conflict, something Tehran has frequently denied.

Iran, the remaining parties to the JCPOA - the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, and Russia - and the U.S. held several rounds of talks in Vienna to revitalize the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA. The talks started in April 2021 and lasted until September 2022. The U.S. participated in the talks indirectly as Iran had stated it will not talk directly to the U.S. until Washington returns to the nuclear deal that it unilaterally withdrew. 

However, the talks came to a standstill as riots began in Iran following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini. It was the Western sides that stopped negotiations by claiming crackdown on protestors.

Amir Abdollahian talks with Arminian, Omani counterparts 

In a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in New York on Tuesday, Amir Abdollahian also emphasized the need to uphold the ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan and urged the two friendly countries to address their differences through dialogue.

Referring to Iran’s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Amir Abdollahian stated on social media that Iran recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In another meeting between Amir Abdollahian and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi on the same day, they discussed a wide variety of bilateral, regional, and global issues.