When to resume nuclear talks mostly depends on Iran: Russian FM
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Xinhua, August 17, 2011
When the talks on Iran's nuclear issue could resume mostly depended on Teheran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Wednesday.
"For understandable reasons, it is our Iranian partners, more than anyone else, who will decide when we can sit down and resume the talks. We hope very much that the ideas we discussed today will help us to move to an active phase of the work," Lavrov told a media briefing after talks with his visiting Iranian counterpart Ali-Akbar Salehi here.
Lavrov expressed the hope that Iran and the six parties -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany -- could resume the talks quickly.
Salehi said Teheran has agreed to restart the talks but will not accept any pressure.
He said Iran welcomes Russia's proposal to resolve the nuclear deadlock "step by step" as the Russian initiatives "imply cooperation and negotiations."
The two ministers also urged the international community not to interfere into the events in the Middle East and North Africa.
The "outsiders" should encourage various political forces in the Middle East and North Africa to seek dialogue, Lavrov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.
