MP underlines need to continue talks with 5+1group

Senior Iranian parliamentarian Alaeddin Broujerdi said talks with the 5+1 group was fruitful and should be continued.

According to IRNA, Broujerdi who is head of National Security and Foreign Policy commission of Majlis, made the remarks in Tehran on Sunday while talking to reporters at the sideline of the parliament’s first session in the new Iranian year (started March 21, 2013).
He said there is no way possible to achieve a favorable result in the talks other than lifting the unfair and illegal sanctions imposed on Iran by the West.
He said Iran might indulge in uranium enrichment even to degrees over 20 percent at certain occasions to meet the country’s needs.
Stressing that uranium enrichment will never be ceased in Iran, he said article 4 of Non-Proliferation Treaty states that all members have right to enrich uranium.
However, he added, Iran is the one to decide to what degree it does the enrichment activities.
He also stated that Iran will keep enhancing safety in its Fordo facilities, adding that due to enemies’ frequent threats, the plant’s equipment should be made safer.
He said during the latest round of talks with the 5+1group in Almaty, Iran suggested that its nuclear rights, as stated in the NPT’s article 4, should be officially recognized. He added the suggestion was neither rejected nor admitted by the other party.
The MP noted that the European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Aston is to contact Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili to discuss the date and venue of the next round of talks.