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.jpg) TEHRAN – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan has said that the success of the process of talks between Tehran and the six major powers over the country’s nuclear program depends on the seriousness of some world powers.
Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group (the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany) have been on hold since a round of talks in April.
Iran and the West are at loggerheads over Tehran’s nuclear program, which Iran says is entirely peaceful but the West suspects may be a cover for developing nuclear weapons.
Moscow believes that the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program can be successful if Tehran shows more flexibility and certain members of the P5+1 are more serious, Ambassador Dzhagaryan said in an interview with RIA Novosti published on Tuesday.
“The experience of the new president of Iran, Hassan Rohani in the early 2000s who headed the team of (Iranian) negotiators is obviously in demand now,” he said, adding, “Adjustments in the direction of greater flexibility is not expected only from one party involved in the negotiations. Success in the final decision also depends on the seriousness of the mood of some members of the ‘six’ on the political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue. Russia has always taken a constructive position on this issue.”
In addition, Dzhagaryan said that a necessary condition for constructive talks on Iran’s nuclear program was the normalization of relations between the West and Tehran.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he said, “Certainly, Moscow believes Tehran is one of its most important regional partners.”
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