Tehran: Talks with Saudi Arabia Do Not Disregard its Role in Yemen
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, elaborates on Iran's relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh (archive).
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that talks with Saudi Arabia are ongoing and important files are being negotiated.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said in a press conference on Monday, that Tehran's talks with Saudi Arabia do not mean condoning the Kingdom's war crimes in Yemen nor disregarding its role in targeting the nuclear agreement.
He stressed that Tehran did not confirm the Saudi delegation's visit to Tehran and seeks to reach an understanding with Saudi Arabia through dialogue.
Iran had announced earlier that there is progress regarding talks with Saudi Arabia, especially concerning the security of the Gulf, and announced on Sunday the resumption of exports to Saudi Arabia after a hiatus of several years.
Iran and the Afghan issue
In another context, the Iranian Foreign Ministery said that Tehran would host a meeting for Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's neighboring countries next Wednesday, adding that "Tehran plays an active role in the Afghan issue," stressing the need to stabilize security in Afghanistan."
Khatibzadeh explained that Iranian Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri's visit to Pakistan was in response to an invitation by his Pakistani counterpart and within the framework of strengthening relations between the two countries. He stressed that Iran adopts a good-neighborly policy in its relations with neighboring countries.
With regard to the nuclear agreement, Khatibzadeh said that "Iran has not set any conditions for America in the nuclear talks because it is not a member of the JCPOA agreement," stressing "the need to specify the problems of the six rounds prior to the Vienna talks, otherwise the talks will continue for several rounds."
Talks in Brussels
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Tehran has begun talks with the European Union and will consult Vienna's issues in Brussels.
Khatibzadeh considered that Iran's talks with the assistant foreign policy chief of the European Union, Enrique Mora, "were good and constructive."
He explained that Iran doesn't only look to exhaust the talks from the nuclear negotiations, it is also scheduled to discuss in both Tehran and Brussels the challenges and obstacles to the Vienna talks.
Amirabdollahian: Vienna talks to resume next week
Khatibzadeh announced that Iran doesn't have any restrictions prior to the negotiations and "doesn't send messages to others through media platforms." He believed that "the Iranian Foreign Minister, Amirabdollahian was speaking in a logical manner, and if America wants to prove it changed, it should do so through its actions."
Yesterday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry clarified the truth behind what was said about the Iranian Foreign Minister Hussain Amirabdollhian, during the closed Shura council session, revealing that Brussel's foreign minister will visit.
The statements came after the Iranian Foreign Minister said "Iran will resume nuclear talks in Vienna next week," and that Tehran will follow a "step-by-step" policy in the talks.
Moreover, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, revealed Friday that "I know that the Iranians want to have some kind of previous talks with me as coordinator and with some members of the board of the JCPOA."
Iran and Azerbaijan
Regarding the relationship with Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry advised Azerbaijani officials to continue their diplomatic discourse with Iran in a brotherly manner and said that Azerbaijan should beware of traps by the third party regarding its relations with Iran.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the Iraqi parliamentary elections, and its spokesman said that "Iran considers them as part of the democratic process."
Concerning the cooperation between a Russian bank and an Iranian bank, Khatibzadeh considered that "the US dollar has become both a weapon and murderous tool in the international monetary system."
He stressed that the US sanctions proved that the dollar had become a weapon directed at everyone's neck, and saw that the banking systems in the world are seeking independence from the dollar.
