The Iran nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions on Iran is a big, important step in the right direction for the region.

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, on Monday stated the aforementioned upon arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.

“I’m sure that what we have done on Saturday in Vienna is a big, important step in the right direction for the region. Not only for the security of the world,” Mogherini said, according to TASS news agency of Russia.

In her words, the Iran deal showed that, “even the most difficult relations can come to positive results, through dialogue, through diplomacy, through cooperation.”