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Mongolia and the United States of America have agreed to establish direct air travel routes.
Meeting in Washington DC on Tuesday (24 January), Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Richard T. Yoneoka, and Mongolian State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development Batbold Sandagdorj, signed a Memorandum of Consultations finalising the first ever bilateral air transport agreement between the two countries.
The United States has said it will not be rushed into a nuclear deal with Iran
Iran’s latest moves were a step backwards and Washington would not rush to rejoin the JCPOA agreement at any cost, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said on Friday.
EU mediators last month appeared to make progress in restoring the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after Iran largely agreed to a proposed final text. Diplomats in Brussels sounded moderately optimistic in recent pronouncements.