Turkey has welcomed the agreement reached between Iran and the P5 + 1 countries – the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s five permanent members and Germany – on Iran’s nuclear programme, expressing that it would provide all possible support during the upcoming process. The statement noted that the agreement constitutes the beginning of the deal process and short-term confidence-building measures.
The historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme, inked in the early hours of Sunday morning at a penning ceremony in Geneva’s Palace of Nations, requires Iran to halt or scale back parts of its nuclear infrastructure, the first such pause in more than a decade. The agreement foresees an initial six-month period that brings boundaries to Tehran’s nuclear programme and it address concerns about Iran’s enrichment capabilities, existing stockpiles, centrifuges and ability to produce weapons-grade nuclear material with the Arak reactor.