Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi[/caption]TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) should adopt confidence-building measures to move towards the settlement of their disputes.
In a meeting with Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli in Tehran on Wednesday, Boroujerdi said that the two parties must consider confidence-building to reach a settlement.
The nuclear talks must focus on removal of mistrust and reaching a common belief, he said, adding that the Iranian peaceful nuclear program has been in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The nuclear dispute needs serious resolve to make a breakthrough based on realities and the ball is in the West's court, Boroujerdi said.
In April, Iran and the G5+1 wrapped up two days and four rounds of intensive negotiations in Almaty after the delegations of the world powers demanded further consultations with their capitals.
The Iranian team was led by Iran's top negotiator Saeed Jalili and the G5+1's representatives were presided by EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton.
Western media raised some speculations that the continuation of talks would depend on the presidential election in Iran, and that nothing substantial would take place under the conditions then.
Iran has so far ruled out halting or limiting its nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives, saying that renouncing its rights under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would encourage the world powers to put further pressure on the country and would not lead to a change in the West's hardline stance on Tehran.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down west's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment. The United States and the European Union have ratcheted up their sanctions on Iran this year to force it to curb its nuclear program.
Iranian officials have always shrugged off the sanctions, saying that pressures make them strong and reinvigorate their resolve to further move towards self-sufficiency.
By Fars News Agency
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