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Vienna group should make the first move, Iran says
TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (MAN) – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki urged the Vienna group (the IAEA, the U.S., France and Russia) to take the first move in resuming talks over a nuclear fuel exchange deal.
“The Vienna group has not yet put forward any new proposal for talks, but of course, it should be the first” to make efforts to help the process move forward, Mottaki told on Thursday.
On the planned talks between Iran and the 5+1 group, he said talks will bear best results if a consensus is reached on the content and the agenda of the talks.
Asked if any country will be added to the 5+1 group (the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany), he said negotiations are underway in this regard.
On the midterm congressional election in the United States in which Democrats lost to Republicans, the top diplomat said the election result should be considered a defeat for Democrats rather than a victory for Republicans, since two years ago these Americans did not show any interest in Republicans by not voting for the Republican Party presidential candidate, he stated.
In fact, the U.S. has entered a complicated era and it will face a deadlock in its politics and economy, he noted.
He added when Obama was elected, a feeling of hope was created inside and outside the U.S. and everyone presumed there would be an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its tarnished image in the world.
Obama in his opening presidential speech said the U.S. had lost the trust of its people and the international community and that Washington should make efforts to gain the trust of the American people and the world, Mottaki explained.
However, the election on November 2 showed that the Americans still do not trust their government, he added.
Asked about the recent terrorist attacks inside Iraq, he said the main purpose behind such moves is to sabotage the process of forming a government in Baghdad.
The foreign minister said such terrorist attacks are triggered by certain elements inside and outside Iraq.
Mottaki said establishing a government in Iraq in its best form requires the participation of all political factions in the country.
“The Vienna group has not yet put forward any new proposal for talks, but of course, it should be the first” to make efforts to help the process move forward, Mottaki told on Thursday.
On the planned talks between Iran and the 5+1 group, he said talks will bear best results if a consensus is reached on the content and the agenda of the talks.
Asked if any country will be added to the 5+1 group (the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany), he said negotiations are underway in this regard.
On the midterm congressional election in the United States in which Democrats lost to Republicans, the top diplomat said the election result should be considered a defeat for Democrats rather than a victory for Republicans, since two years ago these Americans did not show any interest in Republicans by not voting for the Republican Party presidential candidate, he stated.
In fact, the U.S. has entered a complicated era and it will face a deadlock in its politics and economy, he noted.
He added when Obama was elected, a feeling of hope was created inside and outside the U.S. and everyone presumed there would be an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its tarnished image in the world.
Obama in his opening presidential speech said the U.S. had lost the trust of its people and the international community and that Washington should make efforts to gain the trust of the American people and the world, Mottaki explained.
However, the election on November 2 showed that the Americans still do not trust their government, he added.
Asked about the recent terrorist attacks inside Iraq, he said the main purpose behind such moves is to sabotage the process of forming a government in Baghdad.
The foreign minister said such terrorist attacks are triggered by certain elements inside and outside Iraq.
Mottaki said establishing a government in Iraq in its best form requires the participation of all political factions in the country.
