Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 19 /Trend T. Jafarov/
Iran is waiting for a response from 5+1 group on the time of meeting over nuclear issue and this meeting to be held in Istanbul, said Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Fars News reported.
He said Iran estimates this meeting as positive and expressed hope that 5+1 group to show their benign intentions.
He added that the parties shall endeavor to find a way in the mechanism of solving the nuclear issue, in which each side will win. "We look for conditions under which will be found for a decent way out of this situation," - said Salehi.
In response to statements by British Foreign Minister William Hague, Salehi said that these performances are the show and added that Iran is moving forward in every way and is ready for the worst scenario.
Earlier British Foreign Secretary William Hague says that a "new cold war" could happen in the Middle East if Iran decides to have nuclear weapons.
Iran and the P5+1 held two rounds of multifaceted talks in Geneva in December 2010 and in the Turkish city of Istanbul in January 2011.
While Tehran says it is ready to continue the talks based on common grounds, it has stressed that it will not give up any of its rights.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.
Iran, however, maintains that, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has every right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.