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REGIONAL COOPERATION EFFECTIVE IN ESTABLISHING STABILITY: IRANIAN OFFICIAL
Press TV, Iran
April 4 2013
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has stressed
the importance of strengthening regional cooperation to establish
stability in the region.
In a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in
Yerevan on Wednesday, Mehmanparast said that regional cooperation
would play a "very effective" role in establishing stability in the
region and resolving problems.
He hailed the high level of political relations between Iran and
Armenia and called on the two countries to make efforts to enhance
their economic and trade cooperation.
"The economic conditions of Iran and Armenia have appropriate
capacities to increase the level of trade ties and technical and
engineering services, which should be supported by facilitating the
presence and activities of traders and technical and engineering
firms," the Iranian spokesperson reiterated.
The Armenian foreign minister, for his part, said that Tehran and
Yerevan are witnessing good developments in their ties, adding that
having relations with Iran on the basis of mutual respect is among
the priorities of his country's foreign policy.
Nalbandian pointed to the second round of the talks between Iran and
the six major world powers of the P5+1 scheduled to take place in the
Kazakh city of Almaty and expressed optimism that issues pertaining
to the Iranian nuclear program would be resolved peacefully.
The two-day talks, which will cover a range of topics including Iran's
nuclear energy program, have been scheduled for April 5-6.
Iran and the P5+1 (China, Russia, France, Britain and the US plus
Germany) have held several rounds of talks with a focus on the Iranian
nuclear energy program. The last round of the negotiations between
the two was held in Almaty on February 26-27.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly
accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear
energy program.
Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to
the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology
for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iranian
nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's
civilian nuclear program has been diverted toward non-civilian aspects.
SF/HJL
Press TV, Iran
April 4 2013
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has stressed
the importance of strengthening regional cooperation to establish
stability in the region.
In a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in
Yerevan on Wednesday, Mehmanparast said that regional cooperation
would play a "very effective" role in establishing stability in the
region and resolving problems.
He hailed the high level of political relations between Iran and
Armenia and called on the two countries to make efforts to enhance
their economic and trade cooperation.
"The economic conditions of Iran and Armenia have appropriate
capacities to increase the level of trade ties and technical and
engineering services, which should be supported by facilitating the
presence and activities of traders and technical and engineering
firms," the Iranian spokesperson reiterated.
The Armenian foreign minister, for his part, said that Tehran and
Yerevan are witnessing good developments in their ties, adding that
having relations with Iran on the basis of mutual respect is among
the priorities of his country's foreign policy.
Nalbandian pointed to the second round of the talks between Iran and
the six major world powers of the P5+1 scheduled to take place in the
Kazakh city of Almaty and expressed optimism that issues pertaining
to the Iranian nuclear program would be resolved peacefully.
The two-day talks, which will cover a range of topics including Iran's
nuclear energy program, have been scheduled for April 5-6.
Iran and the P5+1 (China, Russia, France, Britain and the US plus
Germany) have held several rounds of talks with a focus on the Iranian
nuclear energy program. The last round of the negotiations between
the two was held in Almaty on February 26-27.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly
accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear
energy program.
Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to
the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology
for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iranian
nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's
civilian nuclear program has been diverted toward non-civilian aspects.
SF/HJL