BEIJING – While commenting on Foreign Minister’s meeting on Iranian nuclearissue in Vienna, China on Monday said it would by no means accept theunilateral sanctions which were groundless under the international law andit would resolutely safeguard its own legitimate rights on interests.

“Upholding and implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)remains an arduous task. The Chinese side will continue with its efforts touphold the outcome of multilateralism,” Chinese foreign ministry’sspokesperson Hua Chunying said during her regular briefing.

About the meeting, she said, this Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the Iraniannuclear issue was the first foreign ministers’ meeting after the USwithdrawal from the JCPOA.“Currently, the JCPOA is at a critical juncture about where to go. Theconvening of this meeting demonstrates all relevant parties’ support to theJCPOA,” she added.

The spokesperson said, the meeting issued the foreign ministers’ jointstatement as its outcome, which sent out positive political signal.Hua Chunying said, the Iranian side continued to stay in the JCPOA andother parties show their clear-cutwill to uphold the JCPOA, which represented the most important politicaloutcome of this meeting.

“All relevant parties also agreed to take coordinated actions to straightenout the implementation mechanismof the JCPOA and advance the specific projects stipulated by theagreement,” she added.The spokesperson said the UK agreed to take over the co-chair of the jointworking group on the redesigning and reconstruction of the Arak heavy-waterreactor from the US. All relevant parties welcomed that and reachedconsensus on remaining united and jointly opposing the unilateral sanctionsthat violate the international rules.

She said, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended themeeting, during which he had anin-depth exchange of views with the foreign ministers of the major relevantparties and promoted the conclusion ofthe joint statement. Confronted with the complex and grave situations,China put forth five propositions in aclear-cut manner.

“We emphasized in particular that the international rules should befollowed and the major countries should have credibility and assume theirdue responsibilities. The unilateral sanctions should be abandoned becausetheyare counterproductive.All relevant parties should stay committed to dialogue and negotiation andadopt a responsible attitude to discuss the issues of common concern,” sheadded.

The spokesperson said all relevant parties spoke highly of China’sresponsible and constructive attitude, including its leading role infacilitating the steady progress of the project on the redesigning andreconstruction ofthe Arak heavy-water reactor. – APP