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Ahmadinejad Reaffirms Iran's Preparedness for Talks with G5+1
TEHRAN, May 16 (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad restated that Tehran is ready to hold talks with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
In a televised speech on Sunday, Ahmadinejad expressed hope that the future meetings will yield tangible results.
He also noted that Tehran is willing to cooperate with the G5+1 group on a variety of issues within a legal framework, adding that dialog is the only way to reach an understanding with the Islamic Republic.
Iran and G5+1 attended three rounds of talks in Istanbul, Turkey, in January.
The Iranian side was presided by Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, while European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton headed delegations from six world powers.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference in Istanbul at the time, Jalili said, "We have always stressed that talks can be useful, successful and progressive only when they are based on a common logic."
"If you decide to use another instrument instead of common logic, this would result in dictation and not negotiation, and dictation does not deserve a kind of talks based on the nations' cultures."
"On the very same basis, we proposed the Istanbul talks in the Geneva meeting because we believed that a majority of talks over international issues can be held on the basis of the Islamic civilization," Jalili said.
"Our Geneva agreement included several key points, including talks for cooperation on common points."
"This was our agreement in Geneva, which surely inspires everybody's mind with the idea that when cooperation on common points is the agenda of talks, such negotiations should advance and be progressive. When the decision has been made to talk over common points and talk for cooperation, then such talks can certainly be progressive, successful and constructive," he continued.
Asked when the talks can be successful, Jalili answered "when the requirements of this common logic are clear. When you speak of cooperation, you must avoid whatever causes confrontation and animosity towards a nation, when you speak of cooperation on common points, you must surely respect the nations' rights".
"What has been enshrined in the international rules and regulations in a straightforward manner provides the necessary grounds for talks. I don't think that if you tell the international community and the world that talks should be based on the nations' rights, the world would interpret it as a precondition for talks."
"Respect for the nations' rights provides the necessary grounds for negotiations," he added.
In a televised speech on Sunday, Ahmadinejad expressed hope that the future meetings will yield tangible results.
He also noted that Tehran is willing to cooperate with the G5+1 group on a variety of issues within a legal framework, adding that dialog is the only way to reach an understanding with the Islamic Republic.
Iran and G5+1 attended three rounds of talks in Istanbul, Turkey, in January.
The Iranian side was presided by Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, while European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton headed delegations from six world powers.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference in Istanbul at the time, Jalili said, "We have always stressed that talks can be useful, successful and progressive only when they are based on a common logic."
"If you decide to use another instrument instead of common logic, this would result in dictation and not negotiation, and dictation does not deserve a kind of talks based on the nations' cultures."
"On the very same basis, we proposed the Istanbul talks in the Geneva meeting because we believed that a majority of talks over international issues can be held on the basis of the Islamic civilization," Jalili said.
"Our Geneva agreement included several key points, including talks for cooperation on common points."
"This was our agreement in Geneva, which surely inspires everybody's mind with the idea that when cooperation on common points is the agenda of talks, such negotiations should advance and be progressive. When the decision has been made to talk over common points and talk for cooperation, then such talks can certainly be progressive, successful and constructive," he continued.
Asked when the talks can be successful, Jalili answered "when the requirements of this common logic are clear. When you speak of cooperation, you must avoid whatever causes confrontation and animosity towards a nation, when you speak of cooperation on common points, you must surely respect the nations' rights".
"What has been enshrined in the international rules and regulations in a straightforward manner provides the necessary grounds for talks. I don't think that if you tell the international community and the world that talks should be based on the nations' rights, the world would interpret it as a precondition for talks."
"Respect for the nations' rights provides the necessary grounds for negotiations," he added.
