Showing posts with label Nuclear Talks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuclear Talks. Show all posts

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Ahmadinejad: Iran moving forward

The Islamic Republic of Iran is growing more powerful and making headway day by day, says the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, he pointed to the nuclear talks held between Iran and the Group 5+1 in Geneva on Saturday and said, "Every round of talks is a step forward." The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and the EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana held a new round of talks aimed at resolving the outstanding issues over Tehran's nuclear activities. Solana was accompanied in the talks by representatives from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, Russia, France, Britain and the US - plus Germany. Also present at the talks for the first time was the third highest ranking US State Department official, William J. Burns. President Ahmadinejad termed the Saturday talks between Iran and the G5+1 representatives a step forward in the interaction between the two sides.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Iran & G5+1 common points good base for fresh talks: Patrochev

Newly-appointed Secretary of the Russian National Security Council Nicholas Patrochev said in a telephone conversation Monday with his Iranian counterpart Saeed Jalili that common points of Iranian and G5+1 packages of proposals provided a good base to launch new round of talks.
Expressing pleasure with the progress of talks between Jalili and EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, he also said that Russia supports resumption of talks based on the common points of the two sides' packages and constructive steps to that effect.
"New round of talks can benefit all parties," Patrochev said, hoping that dialogue will begin at the earliest with a positive attitude.
Welcoming expansion of cooperation between the two countries, he also called for regular talks between the secretaries of Iranian and Russian supreme national security councils.
Jalili, for his part, briefed his Russian counterpart on the latest developments as well as agreements reached with Solana and appreciated Russia for its constructive approach towards nuclear talks.
Referring to the positive dialogues held with the ministers of China, Germany and Japan as well as Solana, Jalili also hoped that new round of talks will be coupled with innovation, creativity and win-win situation.