Spokesman: Iran to Insist on Rights in Upcoming Almaty Talks

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said that Iranian negotiators will not give up even an iota of the country’s nuclear rights in the upcoming talks with the six world powers in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

“Iran is after restoring its rights stated in the Non-Proliferation Treaty and believes that the framework of talks should be formed on these bases,” Mehman-Parast told reporters in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Friday.

He called on the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) to respect Iran’s rights and work on removing the vague points.

The last round of the talks between Tehran and the six world powers was held in Almaty on February 26-27.

Also, experts from Iran and the G5+1 reviewed the two sides’ proposals in a meeting in Istanbul from March 17 to 18.

The two sides’ experts outlined topics of the upcoming talks between the chief negotiators of Iran and the G5+1 due to be held in Almaty early next month.