5+1 to announce position on Iran’s right to enrichment today: Iranian negotiator

MOSCOW, June 19 (MNA) – A leading member of the Iranian negotiating team said the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) will announce their position about Iran’s right to nuclear enrichment today. The talks between Tehran and the 5+1 group which started at Golden Ring Hotel in Moscow on Monday are scheduled to continue today. The negotiations are a continuation of talks that were held in Istanbul on April 14 and in Baghdad on May 23 and 24. “Today the 5+1 group will announce its position about Iran’s proposals specifically about Iran’s right to enrichment,” Ali Baqeri, the deputy chief negotiator, told the Mehr News Agency. During the talks on Monday Iran elaborated on its five-point package of proposals. After the sessions of the first day of the talks concluded, Baqeri told reporters in Moscow that Iran had elaborated on the proposals presented in Baghdad during the negotiations. Baqeri said “Today the 5+1 has the opportunity to announce its final position about Iran’s proposals.” The main points of Iran’s package of proposals are as follows: (1) Negotiations must be purposeful. The starting point and the end point of the talks must be made clear. Therefore, it is necessary that a framework be developed for talks and their principles and purposes be determined. (2) Negotiations must be effective and must be based on a step-by-step approach. (3) The framework of talks should be determined, and it must be made clear when and how the talks will end and what path should be taken. (4) and (5) The negotiating countries must recognize Iran’s right to enrichment under the NPT (nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). Iran’s nuclear rights should not be reduced and no obligations beyond the NPT should be imposed on it. If these points are clarified, the legal status of the United Nations Security Council sanctions can be determined.