No breakthrough, but step forward in Iran nuke talks
8 April 2013 7:53 AM IST
‘Definitely, it is a step forward. There is no doubt in this,’ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said at the end of the two-day talks in Almaty.
He said the talks were ‘detailed’ although the sides failed to ‘reach common ground.’
‘At this time again, we have failed to embark on a true search for a compromise,’ the negotiator said.
‘But a basis for this exists,’ he said, adding that Iran has introduced its approach which takes into account some ‘proposals and considerations’ of the group of six international negotiators comprising five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany (P5+1).
Ryabkov also said Russia is against the West's unilateral sanctions on Iran, calling this stance ‘unjust and inconsistent with the norms of international law.’
He said Iran must be freed from all the international sanctions in case it agrees that its nuclear programme will be under full control of the UN nuclear watchdog.
‘If such a deal takes place, then Iran must be fully freed from all the sanctions,’ Ryabkov said.
Iran's new plan is meant to bring about ‘the beginning of new cooperation’ with its negotiating partners, Ali Bagheri, the deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said.
The plan expands on the initiatives presented during last year's round of talks in Moscow, Bagheri said giving no details of the plan.
At a briefing after the talks, Tehran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili confirmed that the Iranian side has introduced its action plan but the group of six powers was not ready to react and asked for some time to study Iran's ideas.
Jalili stressed that Iran has a right to enrich uranium and Tehran will use this for peaceful civilian energy needs.
He added however, that the issues related to Iran's cooperation with the international community may be discussed at further talks.
‘We have offered this initiative and today we also announced out readiness to speak of these ideas and further study them.
And these ideas may become the beginning of a new round,’ Jalili added when questioned.
He said the talks were ‘detailed’ although the sides failed to ‘reach common ground.’
‘At this time again, we have failed to embark on a true search for a compromise,’ the negotiator said.
‘But a basis for this exists,’ he said, adding that Iran has introduced its approach which takes into account some ‘proposals and considerations’ of the group of six international negotiators comprising five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany (P5+1).
Ryabkov also said Russia is against the West's unilateral sanctions on Iran, calling this stance ‘unjust and inconsistent with the norms of international law.’
He said Iran must be freed from all the international sanctions in case it agrees that its nuclear programme will be under full control of the UN nuclear watchdog.
‘If such a deal takes place, then Iran must be fully freed from all the sanctions,’ Ryabkov said.
Iran's new plan is meant to bring about ‘the beginning of new cooperation’ with its negotiating partners, Ali Bagheri, the deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said.
The plan expands on the initiatives presented during last year's round of talks in Moscow, Bagheri said giving no details of the plan.
At a briefing after the talks, Tehran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili confirmed that the Iranian side has introduced its action plan but the group of six powers was not ready to react and asked for some time to study Iran's ideas.
Jalili stressed that Iran has a right to enrich uranium and Tehran will use this for peaceful civilian energy needs.
He added however, that the issues related to Iran's cooperation with the international community may be discussed at further talks.
‘We have offered this initiative and today we also announced out readiness to speak of these ideas and further study them.
And these ideas may become the beginning of a new round,’ Jalili added when questioned.
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