Russia, India and China "affirmed their support for efforts to seek a comprehensive and long-term solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through political and diplomatic means", according to a joint communique of the countries' foreign ministers' meeting.MOSCOW, February 2 (Sputnik) Russia, India and China are infavor ofincreased diplomatic efforts betweenIran and the P5+1 group ofinternational negotiators toresolve the issue ofIran's nuclear program, a joint communique ofthe countries' foreign ministers' meeting said Monday."The Ministers affirmed their support forefforts toseek a comprehensive and long-term solution tothe Iranian nuclear issue throughpolitical and diplomatic means. They welcomed the extension ofnegotiations betweenP5+1 and Iran, and hoped that the two sides intensify diplomatic efforts witha view toreaching a comprehensive agreement atan early date," the communique said.
The ministers encouraged cooperation betweenthe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran and said that once IAEA confirmed the peaceful nature ofthe Iranian nuclear program the country would be able tohave all the benefits ofthe peaceful use ofnuclear energy.
Other issues discussed bythe foreign ministers ofthe three countries included the situation inSyria and Iraq, and the crisis inUkraine.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met onMonday inBeijing todiscuss global issues and review progress intheir cooperation sincethe last meeting, inNew Delhi inNovember 2013.
After years oftalks, inNovember 2013, Iran and the P5+1 group, comprising Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Germany, agreed toprepare a document ensuring the peaceful nature ofTehrans nuclear energy program, butthe parties reached only an interim accord.
During talks held inVienna inNovember 2014, the sides again failed towork outa comprehensive deal and extended negotiations untilJuly 2015.
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