Russia 'would welcome' Iranian decision to restart nuclear talks
16:53 20/10/2010
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia would welcome an Iranian decision to resume talks with the group of six international mediators over its nuclear program, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
"We would welcome it if Tehran handed over to the office of the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs [Catherine Ashton] an official agreement to restart dialogue with the [Iran] Six," Andrei Nesterenko told a press conference.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on October 17 Tehran was ready for a new round of talks but only on a number of conditions, including a comment by the Iran Six (the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany) on Israel's nuclear capability.
Talks between Tehran and the Iran Six came to a halt in 2009, after an IAEA resolution condemned the Islamic Republic over the construction of a second uranium enrichment facility.
The UN Security Council imposed a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program in June.
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