Tehran, YJC. Iran’s Foreign Minister says that the country is not ready for negotiations when they are done for the sake of negotiation only.
One
day after his two busy weeks in New York as Iran’s ambassador of negotiation
and cooperation, the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif appeared on the
national TV to give an account of his exertions to Iranians.
"We
clarified our view in New York,” said Zarif, "We believe that the negotiations
are to be held at the level of foreign ministers, but negotiations about the
level of negotiations still go on. We will attend the talks the same way the
other side does, of course me and Mrs. Ashton will be present.”
He then
pointed to Ashton saying that the Six Majors have presented their proposal
beforehand and added "We have said that that proposal belongs to history and
they must come forward with a new outlook.”
He asserted
"Surely it is easy to shout mottos and not negotiate. I know that a heavy
burden is on my shoulders. I know how difficult it is and I know that we cannot
trust the countries which have not had a proper behavior toward Iran so far.”
Pointing
to his meeting with the US Secretary of State Zarif said "This was not the first meeting between Iranian and American
officials, because before that, Jalili had met William Burns. Anyway it was the
first meeting with the US Secretary of State about lack of trust which he also agreed
to.”
The
Foreign Minister further said "In fact it was his way of saying that the US
government is committed to follow the case. He wanted to assure us that they are
for real and want to reach a conclusion in a short time.”