By Mustafa Melih Ahishali
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran will not use the U.S. dollar for trading with the countries — including China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.K., the country's deputy foreign affairs minister said Wednesday.
Last Friday, a ministerial meeting among the countries was held in Austrian capital Vienna to save the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Speaking on Iranian state TV, Abbas Araghchi said: “In the meeting, all foreign affair ministers stressed that Iran need to stop using the U.S. dollar for trading with its financial partners. ”
The meeting was attended by foreign affair ministers, including Javad Zarif (Iran), Wang Yi (China), Jean-Yves Le Drian (France), Heiko Mass (Germany), Sergey Lavrov (Russia) and Boris Johnson (The U.K.).
Previously, the agreement was evaluated by P5+1 countries — the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany — before the U.S. unilateral withdrawal decision from the agreement.
The U.S. declared Iran as “the world’s leading state sponsor of terror ” this January.
Within the scope of meeting, the ministers carried out evaluations to continue Iran's petrochemical exports and protect its financial activities and nuclear agreement.
