Iran will hold talks on its controversial nuclear program with three European powers on November 29, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday (24), days after the UN atomic watchdog approved a resolution against Tehran.
Iran reacted to the resolution – proposed by Britain, France, Germany and the United States – with what government officials called measures such as activating new, advanced centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium.
Japanese news agency Kyodo, first to report that the meeting would take place on Friday (29) in Geneva, said that the government of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was seeking a solution to the nuclear standoff before the inauguration of the US president-elect, Donald Trump, in January.
A senior Iranian government official confirmed that the meeting will be held Friday. “Tehran has always believed that the nuclear issue should be resolved through diplomacy. Iran has never abandoned negotiations.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and Britain will take part in the talks, which he said will also cover regional issues as well as the nuclear dossier.
Baghaei did not say where the talks would take place. A spokesperson for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred questions to the countries mentioned in the Kyodo report.
“Opinions will be exchanged on a series of regional discussions and issues, including Palestine, Lebanon and also the nuclear issue,” said Baghaei.
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