Croatia vows support for Iran's nuclear deal

The nuclear agreement, signed in 2015, is known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

'JCPOA is one of the strongest and the most important deals of its kind that has laid grounds for more stability and more cooperation between Iran and the world,' she said in a meeting with her visiting Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday.

Referring to the visit by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to Iran in 2016, she said that satisfactory agreements were signed, adding that the current visit by the Iranian FM is an indication of the deals being implemented.

Zarif, for his part, emphasized Iran's resolution for enhancing relations between the two countries, said that all the agreements made during this visit should be implemented as well.

The two also discussed some important regional and international issues, including JCPOA, fighting violence, terrorism and extremism all across the world, crises in Syria and Yemen, current situation in Afghanistan as well as Balkan.

The Iranian minister, heading a politico-economic delegation, left Tehran for a visit to four Eastern European countries on Monday.

Zarif has visited Serbia and Bulgaria and arrived in Zagreb on Wednesday at the third leg of his tour of Balkans and Eastern Europe which will also take him to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A high-ranking trade delegation comprising economic activists and entrepreneurs from private and public sectors are accompanying Zarif during his four-day tour.

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