Major news in Iran on June 18: Nuclear Rights Should Be Respected

Top news in <Iran Daily>: Nuclear Rights Should Be Respected

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said Tehran expects that its right to nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, be recognized in the upcoming talks with the G5+1 in Moscow.

In an exclusive interview with the English-language Russia Today news channel on Friday, Jalili stressed that Iran welcomes dialogue and has always been open to cooperation and talks with different countries on a wide range of issues, including cooperation in the field of the nuclear energy. However such cooperation must be based on a clear strategy, he stressed.

“If they (the G5+1 group) are also committed to a similar strategy, a similar approach, then the prospects for the Moscow talks will be promising. We will view this round of talks with optimism if the agreements reached in Istanbul and Baghdad are honored,” the official pointed out.

Jalili further noted that Iran believes its five-point proposal as well as the G5+1’s package should be discussed in detail in the Moscow negotiations.

“We are strongly against weapons of mass destruction. Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran has the capacity to cooperate in the field of disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation; so these capacities should be drawn on by the international community,” he stated.

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