Rouhani, Cameron speak in landmark phone call
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Wed 20 Nov 2013 - 08:30
TEHRAN (ISNA)- British Prime Minister David Cameron has held a phone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in the first such call between a UK premier and an Iranian president in more than a decade.
Rouhani and Cameron also discussed the situation in Syria during the phone conversation, as well as ways to create a positive atmosphere to address their mutual concerns.
'All G5+1 members need to use their potentials to make a good climate in Geneva talks and make efforts to replace the language of respect with the language of sanction or threat,' Rouhani said in the phone call.
He further added Iran would abide by international laws and rules, but it will not give up its irrefutable nuclear rights.
'We will not accept any discrimination in this regard, and we are ready to consider the rational concerns of the two sides based on mutual respect. I hope that results of the talks bring more stability and security in the sensitive Middle East.
Cameron, for his part, expressed satisfaction over Geneva talks developments, and said, 'British government believes that there should be mutual respect in the talks and this opportunity needs to be used appropriately.'
He expressed the hope that the forthcoming Geneva talks would bear fruitful results.
In addition, Cameron expressed regret over Tuesday's terrorist attack outside the Iranian Embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut, where at
least 23 people, including Iran's cultural attaché Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Ansari, were killed and more than 140 injured in two bomb explosions.
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