Tehran, YJC. Zarif says that although negotiation to reach agreement is harder than mere statement of interests, his negotiation team is going to come out with some tangible result from the upcoming nuclear talks.
The
Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran wrote on his Facebook wall "We
are heading to Geneva for the 5+1 talks. At the inauguration session, we will
present the Iranian framework as a proposal to reach a solution to the nuclear
case. Then, my colleagues will continue the negotiations with the Six Majors
and, if needed, I will intervene as well.”
"As
I have said before, tomorrow will be the beginning of a tough, pretty much
time-consuming procedure. I hope that by Wednesday we can reach a consensus on
the map of the way to a solution. But even if the other side comes with
goodwill, we will need another session with ministers in order to make agreements
on the details and how to start the actions,” Zarif continues.
The
Foreign Minister adds "Although we will try to lead the negotiations somewhere
in the shortest possible time, preventing the talks to turn into the goal
themselves, we must keep in mind that the new negotiation team attempts to
change the trend of the past 6 years which has had no achievement. I am not
trying to judge here, but I believe that no doubt, negotiation as an attempt to
reach agreements is more difficult and more dangerous than a mere statement of
interests. Therefore, more than any time, these talks need domestic cooperation
and restraint from premature judgment, especially political and party-oriented
statements.”