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'Talks with 5+1 should be based on Iran’s package of proposals'
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) -- Top Iranian legislator Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said that the upcoming negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 group (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany) should be based on Tehran’s package of proposals.
“We have never adopted a negative approach toward talks, but the negotiations should be based on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s package of proposals,” Boroujerdi, who is the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chairman, told ISNA on Wednesday.
He also stated that a range of global issues, including energy, security, and campaign against terrorism can be discussed in the future round of negotiations.
Boroujerdi also expressed hope that a new round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 will be fruitful.
On Tuesday, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council replied to the recent letter of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, saying Iran welcomes the decision taken by the 5+1 group to return to talks on common ground for cooperation.
The office of Catherine Ashton has also confirmed the receipt of Jalili’s letter.
In late January, a new round of talks between Iran and the major powers was held in Istanbul but no date was set for the next round of negotiations.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in Turkey on Monday that Iran and the 5+1 group will hold talks in Istanbul in the near future.
“I am hopeful that new steps forward will be taken in the next Istanbul talks. The fact that they have realized that negotiation is the only way is regarded as a step forward and Iran welcomes that,” Ahmadinejad told reporters. “I hope that a final result will be achieved in the Istanbul talks.”
Iran proposes Istanbul host next round of talks
Presidential advisor Mojtaba Hashemi-Samareh also said on Wednesday that Iran has proposed that Istanbul host the next round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 group.
“Iran emphasizes that Istanbul hosts the new round of negotiations,” Hashemi-Samareh told reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting.
However, he said that he is not informed of the suggestion of the negotiating side.
After the end of the Geneva talks in early December 2010, Jalili announced that Iran and the 5+1 group had agreed that the future talks would focus on common ground for cooperation.
However, the 5+1 group reneged on the agreement, and after the end of the Geneva talks, Ashton, who represented the six major powers at the talks, read out a statement saying the nuclear issue would be the focus of the next round of talks, a move which drew strong criticism from Iranian officials.
Iranian officials have made it clear that Tehran will not negotiate or compromise on its inalienable nuclear rights but say they are always ready to hold talks with the major powers on major international issues, including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
“We have never adopted a negative approach toward talks, but the negotiations should be based on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s package of proposals,” Boroujerdi, who is the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chairman, told ISNA on Wednesday.
He also stated that a range of global issues, including energy, security, and campaign against terrorism can be discussed in the future round of negotiations.
Boroujerdi also expressed hope that a new round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 will be fruitful.
On Tuesday, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council replied to the recent letter of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, saying Iran welcomes the decision taken by the 5+1 group to return to talks on common ground for cooperation.
The office of Catherine Ashton has also confirmed the receipt of Jalili’s letter.
In late January, a new round of talks between Iran and the major powers was held in Istanbul but no date was set for the next round of negotiations.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in Turkey on Monday that Iran and the 5+1 group will hold talks in Istanbul in the near future.
“I am hopeful that new steps forward will be taken in the next Istanbul talks. The fact that they have realized that negotiation is the only way is regarded as a step forward and Iran welcomes that,” Ahmadinejad told reporters. “I hope that a final result will be achieved in the Istanbul talks.”
Iran proposes Istanbul host next round of talks
Presidential advisor Mojtaba Hashemi-Samareh also said on Wednesday that Iran has proposed that Istanbul host the next round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 group.
“Iran emphasizes that Istanbul hosts the new round of negotiations,” Hashemi-Samareh told reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting.
However, he said that he is not informed of the suggestion of the negotiating side.
After the end of the Geneva talks in early December 2010, Jalili announced that Iran and the 5+1 group had agreed that the future talks would focus on common ground for cooperation.
However, the 5+1 group reneged on the agreement, and after the end of the Geneva talks, Ashton, who represented the six major powers at the talks, read out a statement saying the nuclear issue would be the focus of the next round of talks, a move which drew strong criticism from Iranian officials.
Iranian officials have made it clear that Tehran will not negotiate or compromise on its inalienable nuclear rights but say they are always ready to hold talks with the major powers on major international issues, including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
