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World Powers Vow to Meet Iran's Preconditions for Continued Talks

Iran Materials 7 December 2010 16:46 (UTC +04:00)

Representatives of the world powers vowed in their last round of talks with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday that they would meet Tehran's conditions for the continuation of talks and provide proper responses for the latter's questions, FNA reported.

Tehran's prerequisites for talks were first raised by President Ahmadinejad and were later mentioned in the form of three questions in a letter from Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in June this year.

During the last round of talks between the two sides on Tuesday, Jalili told Ashton that "Iran would not accept any kind of talks under pressure and sanctions".

Jalili also underlined in the talks that the West should give up the path of pressures against Iran if it is willing to continue the talks.

"Iran would not negotiate if the other side continues the path of pressure," he cautioned.

Also in the last session of talks, Jalili elaborated on the three questions he had raised in his June letter to Ashton, and asked the opposite sides to provide transparent answers to these questions.

The 5+1 undertook to provide the required answers to the questions.

"The 5+1 should answer this vital question that who has equipped the Zionist regime with nuclear weapons since this is a definite and blatant violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)," Jalili asked.

He further noted the deployment of 210 nuclear warheads in the US and Europe and asked the opposite sides if they don't feel threatened by these warheads.

To conclude his remarks, the Iranian chief negotiator reiterated that talks under pressure are not really talks and dialogue, and that only dictators endeavor to dictate their words to the other countries.

Iran and the six world powers attended three rounds of talks on Monday and Tuesday morning and agreed to continue negotiations in Istanbul next month.

Senior negotiators from Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) ended the third session of their new round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland this morning.

According to diplomatic sources, the next round of negotiations will be aimed at "talks for cooperation" and "finding common grounds for cooperation".

The third session of talks focused on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament as well as cooperation in civilian nuclear technology.

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