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Rowhani: Iran to continue progressive talks with Europe

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Kermanshah, Feb 3, IRNA -- Iran will continue talks with the European 
delegation as long as it feels the negotiations are progressive, are 
in line with the goals and are oriented towards settlement of issues, 
Iran`s chief nuclear negotiator said here Thursday. 
"As we have said since the beginning, the talks will not take 
long. As far as time is concerned, what`s of importance for us is 
"month not year"; so the talks cannot last for a long period," 
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani told 
IRNA here Thursday. 
"The basis of our criticism over the trend of talks is that 
in certain committees, the European side does not show the degree of 
seriousness in terms of content as we expect." 
"What we mean by speed in the trend of talks is not the time 
rather the speed major issues are raised," he added. 
The SNSC Secretary stated that the third round of talks with the 
European side will open within few days, adding, on the whole, the 
trend of talks has not been relatively bad in the three rounds of 
negotiations held over the past two months. 
"The talks are not a principle for us," said Rowhani, adding, 
"Since national interests and goals are a principle for us, we 
will continue the talks as long as they are in line with our goals." 
Shifting to the International Atomic Energy Agency`s (IAEA) recent
inspections of Parchin site, Rowhani said, "It is a little a bit 
early to announce the results of the inspections because usually, it 
takes more than one month to declare the outcomes of such 
inspections." 
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