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Cyril RAMAPHOSA, President of South Africa and Donald TUSK, President of the European Council. speaking at the press conference
BRUSSELS, Nov 15 (KUNA) -- The European Union and South Africa Thursday underlined their support to the Iran nuclear deal but also urged Tehran to refrain from activities inconsistent with international law.
"We stress the importance of the preservation and continued, full and effective implementation of all aspects of the JCPOA, (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) which includes sanctions lifting and the consequences arising from it, in the interest of regional and international peace and security," said a joint statement released after the 7th summit between the EU and South Africa held in Brussels today.
"We call upon Iran to play a constructive role in the region and to refrain from any activities which are inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2231," which is related with the Iran nuclear agreement, it noted.
EU and South Africa, reaffirmed the importance of their Strategic Partnership based on shared principles, equality and interests.
"We note that our meeting takes place 100 years after the birth of Nelson Mandela and is an opportunity to build on his unique legacy," it said.
Speaking at a press conference after the summit, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk , said "our talks today demonstrate that, from climate change and migration to trade and security, we can develop an even stronger partnership between us, which would be a powerful example to the rest of the world."
On his part, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa told the joint press conference that "we have been able to use this opportunity to discuss a whole range of matters that our common between us including climate change , human rights."
He said that trade between the EU and South Africa has increased four-fold since the year 2000 and that over 2000 European -based companies are engaged in South Africa creating over half a million jobs.
Ramaphosa underlined his support to multilateralism and stressed that "unilateralism that is being promoted by some countries is something that is going to lead to huge problems to many countries around the world." (end)
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