Zarif Advises Regional States To Help Resolve Nuclear Issue

Geneva, Nov 10, IRNA – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in reaction to remarks by Bahrain Foreign Minister said if he were in regional countriesˈ shoes, he would help solve nuclear issue. Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa has recently said Iran had better improve its relations with neighbors than seek rapprochement with the US. Zarif, after a trilateral meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told reporters, ˈWe have always said that neighbors are our priorities and we are not discussing a rapprochement with the USA, but I wonder why certain regional countries are so worried about this.ˈ He stressed that we are here to solve nuclear issue and I do not think solving the problem creates any problems for countries of our region and I believe they should wait and help./end