19 Apr 2024
Tuesday 26 May 2015 - 13:03
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Iranian nuclear negotiators to comply with red lines: Araqchi

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says the Iranian negotiating delegation is committedto observingthe countrys red lines in the nuclear talks with the P5+1 group of countries.

Diplomats and negotiators are obliged to comply with the guidelines and red lines set for them, Abbas Araqchi said in a televised interview with the IRIB on Monday night.

Araqchi, who is also the Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, stressed that the Iranian negotiating team feels duty-bound to observe thosered lines in the nuclear issue, describing the Islamic Republics nuclear program as highly sensitive for both the countrys interests and future.

Araqchi further noted thatthere is no such thing as"inspections" in the Additional Protocol to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Safeguards Agreements, stressingthat Iran may only allow "managed access" to its non-nuclear sites.

He pledged thatthe country's nuclear negotiators would not allow any leakingofthe countrys sensitive and military intelligence.

In the nuclear issue, sincethe program is peaceful and that we act within the Non-Proliferation Treatys framework, we do not have any concernabout transparency and managed access. In fact, all our activities are under the supervision of the IAEA and therefore we donot worryabout the supervision of the IAEA, as an international body, but we take issue with the abuse ofsuch supervision, the Iranian official pointed out.

Iran and the P5+1 group the US, Britain, France, China andRussia plusGermany are currently working to reach a final accord on Irans nuclear program by the end of June.

Negotiators from Iran and the six countries will start a new round of talks on drafting the text of a final nuclear dealin the Austrian city of Vienna on Tuesday.

By Press TV
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