Iran& West Deputy FMs to Resume Next Round of Talks

Iran& West Deputy FMs to Resume Next Round of Talks
Thu Mar 5, 2015 18:06:00

New round of nuclear talks between deputy foreign ministers of Iran and three European countries is to resume in Montreux, Switzerland on Thursday afternoon.

Foreign ministers of Iran and US held a series of talks in the past three days in Montreux, IRNA reports.

Meanwhile, bilateral talks between deputy foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and China will be held on Thursday as well.

The next round of talks is to be held on March 15-20. The venue of the talks is not clear yet.

Meanwhile US Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia's king and Persian Gulf Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh on Thursday to reassure them that a possible nuclear deal with Iran would not damage their interests.

"Yesterday at a Cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani stated that the Tel Aviv regime is constantly worried about the establishment of peace and stability in the Middle East, and Israeli authorities support the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorist network regardless of all crimes the group is committing."

Kerry arrived in Riyadh late on Wednesday from Montreux, Switzerland, where he said he had made progress in talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

US Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, during a meeting of Persian Gulf foreign ministers at Riyadh Air Base, on March 5, 2015 in the Saudi capital.

Persian Gulf countries, like Israel claimed that Iran is using its atomic programme to develop nuclear weapons capability, something Tehran strongly denies, Trade Arabia reports.

""We are prepared to work round the clock in order to reach an agreement," Mohammad Javad Zarif told NBC News in an interview excerpt released by the network."

Iran's foreign minister said in a U.S. television interview on Wednesday he believed "we are very close" to a nuclear deal with the six major world powers, but cautioned there were details that needed to be worked out.

Mohammad Javad Zarif says the West, especially the United States, must choose between reaching a nuclear deal with Iran or continuation of sanctions, as these two cannot go hand in hand.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV reporter in the Swiss city of Montreux on Wednesday, Zarif said if the West really seeks to reach an agreement with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program, there is no need to continue with sanctions.

"We are prepared to work round the clock in order to reach an agreement," Mohammad Javad Zarif told NBC News in an interview excerpt released by the network.

In a speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the deal being negotiated was a serious mistake.

In response President Hassan Rouhani says nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers have ruffled the feathers of one aggressive and occupying regime, whose existence hinges on belligerence.

Yesterday at a Cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday, Rouhani stated that the Tel Aviv regime is constantly worried about the establishment of peace and stability in the Middle East, and Israeli authorities support the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorist network regardless of all crimes the group is committing.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and other countries involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran will not 'be distracted by external factors or politics'.

Kerry made the remarks on Wednesday in Switzerland hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the US Congress and ranted against the ongoing talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany, which have entered a sensitive final stage.

Although Netanyahu presence and speech in congress confront with harsh response and action of white house officials to some extent that many believe this steps tension between Israel and US never occurred, State Department official, Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman said will soon brief Israel on developments in the talks with Iran.

Yesterday the 3rd day of International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors winter session on Wednesday evening was allocated to debate on Iran's nuclear program.

"US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and other countries involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran will not 'be distracted by external factors or politics'."

Iran’s Resident Representative to the IAEA, Ambassador Reza Najafi has regretted that a small portion of the latest IAEA report on Iran was “reappearance of the baseless past allegations on which our position is well known.” He said repetition of such “unfounded accusations” would not add to their value.

In a statement made before the Board of Governors in Vienna on Wednesday, Najafi said a recent revelation on manipulation of the evidences on the so-called “possible military dimension” testifies to the correctness of Iran’s statement and proves that all information and documents provided to the Agency on this issue are fabricated, IRNA reported.

Moreover “The IAEA and Iran have agreed to hold a technical meeting in Tehran on March 9, 2015,” the agency said in a statement on Wednesday, adding, and “The IAEA delegation will be headed by Tero Varjoranta, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards.”

The last technical meeting between the two sides was held in November last year.

On Monday, the IAEA once again verified lack of any diversion toward non-peaceful purposes in Iran’s declared nuclear material.

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