Iran urges goodwill of P5+1 in talks

Iran has called on the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany to manifest sincerity and good will in any upcoming multifaceted talks with Tehran.

“Iran, in a letter, has announced its readiness to resume talks [with the P5+1] based on the contents of [Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council] Mr. Saeed Jalili’s letter to [EU foreign policy chief] Ms. Catherine Ashton,” Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Eshaq Ale-Habib told the UN General Assembly meeting, IRIB reported on Tuesday.

“Now it’s time for the other party to demonstrate their true intention and good will for serious and successful talks,” he added.

In response to Ashton’s call for the resumption of comprehensive talks, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a recent letter that it welcomed P5+1’s willingness to resume the multifaceted talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday named neighboring Turkey as the venue for the next comprehensive talks between Iran and the P5+1 group — China, France, Russia, the UK and the US plus Germany.

Mottaki expressed optimism that an agreement regarding the time and agenda of the talks would be reached “as soon as possible” and with a mutual positive attitude.