US hopes to resume active diplomacy with Iran in coming months

The United States hopes to resume active diplomacy on Iran's nuclear program in the coming months or years, Pranay Vaddi, the senior White House official for arms control and non-proliferation, said, Report informs citing Pravda.

According to him, in the context of the aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Washington "finds it very difficult to focus on Iran's activities related to its nuclear program." "It is extremely difficult for us now to maintain the level of diplomatic cooperation on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program, which was observed at an early stage of the work of this administration," Waddy said, speaking at the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"We hope that as the crisis ends in the coming months or years, we will be able to conduct more productive and comprehensive cooperation on Iran's nuclear program," the White House spokesman said. According to him, so far the United States is "focused on preventing further provocations," and Washington's policy is aimed at "preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."