Negotiations between Iran and P5+1 making progress: Iran FM
Iran Press TV
Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:12PM
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says negotiations between Iran and the six major world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program are moving forward.
"The first round of talks in Almaty produced positive results. We hope the next round of negotiations in Almaty will continue the same forward trend," Salehi told reporters in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, after a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Yerlan Idrisov.
Iran and the P5+1 -- China, Russia, France, Britain and the US plus Germany -- held talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26-27. The two sides agreed to meet in Almaty again on April 5-6 for the next round of negotiations after "expert-level" talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul on March 17-18.
The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran has categorically rejected the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member, it is entitled to acquire and develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that the Iranian nuclear program has been diverted toward military objectives.
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