Russia believes that Iran must convince the world community of the peaceful nature of the nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"We have reiterated the need to ensure international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program," Lavrov said to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman at a joint press conference, RIA Novosti reported.
He added that the UN Security Council has taken steps to advance the negotiations with Iran.
"Our proposal is well known to Iran. We expect a positive reaction of the Iranian leadership" the minister said.