Zarif, Amano stress resolution of Iran's nuclear issue
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 28, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano stressed resolution of remaining issues in talks between Iran and the Group 5+1.
Zarif met and conferred with Amano on Monday afternoon in New York.
Foreign minister noted that Iran-G5+1 talks are a serious test for IAEA credibility.
Zarif praised IAEA's constructive role in making Iran and G5+1 comprehensive nuclear agreement possible.
The official urged IAEA to help success of talks between Iran and world powers in order to resolve the nuclear issue.
Amano for his part, hailed Iran's constructive cooperation with the IAEA and the progress made in Iran and G5+1 talks.
IAEA is prepared to play its role in resolution of the remaining issues between Iran and world powers, he added.
Iran's foreign minister hold separate meetings with his counterparts including US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on the sidelines of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
This was the first time that the two foreign ministers met in the aftermath of framework agreement they struck in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2.
Kerry and Zarif huddled with their teams for eight days in Lausanne to hammer out the framework which will lead the negotiations forward to a comprehensive deal.
Representatives of Iran and the P5+1 group also held intensive talks in the Austrian capital on Friday.
The talks in Vienna aimed at drafting the text of the Comprehensive Plan of Action according to the parameters set through a mutual understanding reached in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2.
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