JAKARTA – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran was ready for nuclear negotiations with the United States, but not directly, in an interview with Fox News.
“We are open to negotiations, not direct negotiations for now, if the goal is a mutually beneficial solution,” he said when asked if Iran was ready for direct negotiations with the US Government.
“I am ready to engage with them,” said Iran’s Foreign Minister.
“We are ready to take steps to build whatever trust is needed to prove that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and will remain peaceful forever, and Iran will never develop nuclear weapons, and in return, we hope they lift their sanctions,” he said. speaking of Western countries.
“This is a mutually beneficial strategy, and we are ready to get involved in it. We cannot start these negotiations directly, we still prefer indirect negotiations,” Foreign Minister Araghchi said, adding he was “powered to make an agreement” in the negotiations.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei dismissed reports of Iran-US negotiations, following US President Donald Trump’s comments on possible negotiations between the two countries.
Speaking at a press conference Monday he said, although arrangements for a new round of negotiations with European troika had been made, Iran had no plans to negotiate with the US, quoted from Tasnim.
However, Iran stressed that it views diplomacy as an opportunity, he said, noting Iran would take faithfully the opportunity deemed beneficial to safeguard national interests.
As previously reported, the next round of negotiations between Iran and the European troika will be held in Istanbul on Friday, July 25.
Negotiations will be carried out at the deputy minister of foreign affairs level and will focus on Iran’s nuclear program.
In the upcoming negotiations, Iran will be represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi and Kazem Gharibabadi.
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