Iran Nuclear NewsUS open to Turkey as venue for later round...

US open to Turkey as venue for later round of Iran talks

-

AFP: The United States said Friday that any new international nuclear talks with Iran should take place first in central Europe but added that follow-on talks could be held in Turkey, as Iran has proposed.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Friday that any new international nuclear talks with Iran should take place first in central Europe but added that follow-on talks could be held in Turkey, as Iran has proposed.

In Brussels, European Union diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday agreed to resume the long-stalled nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran on December 5, and suggested they be held in Austria or Switzerland.

“Istanbul could still be a location for a second follow-on meeting,” US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters. “But the general consensus is that the first meeting should be somewhere in central Europe.”

Iran this week proposed the talks take place in Istanbul but “Ashton’s preference is that the first meeting take place somewhere else in Europe and has proposed Austria or Switzerland,” her office said.

Ashton represents Britain, China, France, Russia, Germany and the United States in the talks aimed at allaying Western fears that Iran’s nuclear program masks a weapons drive under the guise of a civilian program, which Tehran denies.

Crowley was vague about why it was better to launch the talks in Central Europe than in Turkey. “We think it’s a more appropriate and a more convenient location for a first meeting.”

The last round of negotiations over a nuclear fuel-swap deal deadlocked in October 2009 and Washington this week said there could be multiple meetings and multiple venues.

Turkey and Brazil early this year brokered a modified fuel-swap deal which Washington rejected before securing a fourth round of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran.

Latest news

Land Subsidence in Critical Conditions in Isfahan

Mehdi Toghyani, a member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), pointed to the occurrence of land subsidence in various...

Iran’s Actual Inflation Rate Higher Than Official Stats

The state-run Donya-e-eqtesad newspaper, in a report analyzing the "general sentiment" regarding inflation in 2023, has stated that households...

Iranian Workers’ Monthly $136 Wages Can’t Cover $500 Expenses

The lives of a significant portion of the Iranian population are marked by uncertainty, largely because the Iranian economy...

Iranian Nurses Earn Twice Their Wages in Ride-Hailing Services

Reza Aryanpour, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) Health and Treatment Commission, highlighted the growing trend of nurses...

Iran: Unprecedented Record of 152 Million Liters of Gasoline Consumption Per Day

On March 19, Iran set a new historical record in gasoline consumption with 152 million liters consumed in one...

Iran’s Youths Have Highest Unemployment Rate

The Iranian regime’s Eghtesad News website reported that data from the Statistical Center of Iran shows that the youth...

Must read

US pension funds ask Shell to scrap £5bn Iran project

The Times: Shell is coming under intense pressure to...

Global revolution takes center stage in Red Wednesday at Ice Factory 2013

Theatermania.com: Built for Collapse Artistic Director Sanaz Ghajarrahimi, great-niece...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you