Russian Diplomat Warns Against Deviation In Iran, 5+1 Talks

Moscow, April 4, IRNA – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said that upcoming negotiations between group 5+1 with Iran should not turn into an excuse for blaming and accusing others. Sergey Ryabkov, in an interview with Interfax News Agency on Tuesday, by underlining necessity of continuation of negotiations between Iran and Group 5+1, said that considering lack of confidence between the two sides, they should not accuse or blame each other, because it will bring negotiations to an impasse and make it useless. In any case, negotiations should not be subject to an indefinite time or unknown framework of time and make the situation worse, because such a situation could be a diplomatic fiasco. Concerning west sanctions against Iran, Ryabkov said that Russia is worried about unilateral sanctions package of the US and the European Union against Iran , because such actions will create obstacles in the way of Moscow-Tehran trade relations development. He also rejected military option to solve Iran problem and said that military threats against Iran are not acceptable. Russian senior diplomat said that certain officials of some countries do not believe in any kind of agreement with Iran; these people have no contact with Iran. He added that Group 5+1 can reach an agreement with Iran upon accepted principles, so talking about possibility of using force against Iran is unacceptable. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has also opposed to any kind of attack against Iran and has said that such measures are forbidden in the UN Charter. He said there is no military solution to Iran’s nuclear program./end