'G5+1 should correct its approach toward IRI'

'G5+1 should correct its approach toward IRI'
6/22/2012 5:51:57 PM

G5+1 should correct its approach toward Iran in the upcoming nuclear talks, Tehran's interim Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Sayyed Ahmad Khatami said in his 2nd sermon on Friday.

He noted that the demands of the G5+1 (US, UK, France, China, and Russia plus Germany) from Iran in Moscow nuclear talks had been underlined and stated by the Zionist regime Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu before the negotiations and this means the influence of Tel-Aviv on the process of decision making in the group.

“The West's current approach in negotiations with Tehran could result in a deadlock in the talks; any deadlock in Iran and G5+1 negotiations will definitely harm the western countries in the first place.”

Khatami siad that talks for the sake of talks is fruitless, noting that Iran will attend the upcoming meetings with G5+1 to contribute to the progress of the negotiations forward.

His remarks followed two days of hectic negotiations between Iran and the G5+1 in the Russian capital on Monday and Tuesday.

During five sessions of negotiations, the two sides' negotiators exchanged views over the packages of proposals they had presented in the last month talks in Baghdad.

Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili said after two days of talks with the G5+1 in Moscow on Tuesday that uranium enrichment is the Iranian nation's inalienable right and the Group 5+1 should now make a choice.

'Iran, in particular had prepared comprehensive discussions to elaborate on its own viewpoints around five axes and the first session of the talks focused on these viewpoints,' he continued.

Jalili said his team 'expressed Iran's views explicitly and clearly'.

'We emphasized that uranium enrichment is the inalienable right of the Iranian nation. Enrichment for peaceful uses in all levels is an inalienable right,' the Iranian top negotiator reiterated.

Jalili said the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) should now make a choice, and asked the world powers to 'stop walking along the previous dead-end streets and step on the path of cooperation with the Iranian nation'.

'No logic approves of confrontation against the Iranian nation's progress,' he said, expressing hope that the next month meeting at experts' level would serve as an opportunity for the western powers to opt for the correct path and step out of their dead-end path.

'We are ready to prove the righteousness of Iran's stances technically, legally and politically through crystal-clear logic at the experts meetings, especially with regard to peaceful nuclear activities,' stressed Jalili.

Meantime, he warned that Iran would reciprocate 'any unconstructive attitude on the path of talks with an appropriate response', while stressing, 'moving on the constructive path of talks and cooperation can guarantee success of future talks'.

EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the delegations of the six world powers in negotiations with Iran said that the representatives from Tehran and the sextet will attend an experts' meeting next month on July 3rd in Istanbul.

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