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EU seeks relations with Iran: Ashton

EU seeks relations with Iran

EU Foreign Policy chief on her 2nd day visit to Iran has been in Isfahan and said that EU seeks economic and cultural relations with Iran.

In a meeting with Isfahan governor Catherine Ashton said that “European officials who had already visited this city had told me about magnificent Isfahan and highly recommended me to visit it; my visit to Iran gave me the great opportunity to visit the historical city of Isfahan and sightsee its beauty.

EU Foreign Policy chief pointed to Iran-EU relations through the history and maintained that “EU seeks to have economic and cultural relations with Iran but we should hold that any negotiation first needs conciliation.”

She also held that Isfahan’s handicrafts acknowledged by UNESCO are very valuable and reiterated that “Isfahan’s historical, sightseeing sites in addition to it industry and agricultural are wonderful.”

Ashton added that “in order to respect Iranian New Year celebrities during Nowrouz Holidays, the coming round of nuclear negotiations will finish one day before Nowrouz to give the Iranian negotiators the opportunity to be in Iran for this ancient celebration.

In this meeting Isfahan governor pointed that “with its 5 thousand years of history Iran is the founder of a great and glorious civilization all around the world.”

Zargarpour asserted that “Isfahan is Iran’s cultural and civilization capital that Swedish foreign minister in a visit to Isfahan dubbed it as the ‘entrance door’ to Iran.”

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