IAEA and Iran hail talks on nuke
22 May 2012 5:36 AM GMT
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano and Iran's lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, hailed 'intensive' and 'very good' talks on Iran's nuclear programme on Monday, state television said.
The upbeat assessment was seen as a positive note ahead of broader, more substantive talks to take place on Wednesday in Baghdad between an Iranian delegation led by Jalili and representatives of world powers in the so-called P5+1 group.
'We had expansive and intensive talks in a positive atmosphere,' Amano was quoted as saying by the Persian language broadcaster IRIB, which added that he lauded the 'good atmosphere' of the discussions.
'Certainly the progress of these talks will have a positive effect on Iran and the P5+1 negotiations. Of course these two issues are different from one another, but can underpin each other,' he said. Jalili said of the discussions Amano held with him and with Iran's atomic energy chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani: 'We had very good talks with Amano and, God willing, we will have good cooperation in the future.'
He and the IAEA chief said the discussions revolved around nuclear disarmament, halting nuclear weapons proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy as permitted under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The upbeat assessment was seen as a positive note ahead of broader, more substantive talks to take place on Wednesday in Baghdad between an Iranian delegation led by Jalili and representatives of world powers in the so-called P5+1 group.
'We had expansive and intensive talks in a positive atmosphere,' Amano was quoted as saying by the Persian language broadcaster IRIB, which added that he lauded the 'good atmosphere' of the discussions.
'Certainly the progress of these talks will have a positive effect on Iran and the P5+1 negotiations. Of course these two issues are different from one another, but can underpin each other,' he said. Jalili said of the discussions Amano held with him and with Iran's atomic energy chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani: 'We had very good talks with Amano and, God willing, we will have good cooperation in the future.'
He and the IAEA chief said the discussions revolved around nuclear disarmament, halting nuclear weapons proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy as permitted under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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