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Sat, 01/15/2011 - 17:36
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Tehran plans to begin manufacturing centrifuges
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) -- Iran planned to begin domestically manufacturing nuclear centrifuges, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Friday in Qom.
“Today, the Islamic Republic is seeking to build centrifuges with the Iranian brand, and (we) can say that nuclear technology is regarded as domestic expertise in our country,” Ali Baqeri added.
Iran’s nuclear program has made significant progress in terms of technical matters, he stated.
He described the outcome of the three previous rounds of talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany) as positive.
He said the 5+1 group sought to make Iran halt its nuclear activities during the first round of talks.
In the second round, they asked Iran to suspend its nuclear program, he added, and in the third round of the talks, they only discussed Iran’s nuclear issue, he noted.
Thus, it is a success that the Western countries retreated from their maximal expectations to minimal ones during the last round of talks, he opined.
On the upcoming talks with the 5+1 group, which will be held in Istanbul on January 21 and 22, Baqeri said the goal of the talks is finding common ground for cooperation between Iran and the 5+1 group.
On Thursday, Baqeri held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the Istanbul negotiations.
In addition, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who also travelled to Turkey ahead of the talks, said on Thursday that she was looking for progress in the negotiations next week between the world powers and Iran.
Addressing a joint news conference in Istanbul with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Ashton said, “Suffice to say that I’m very clear what I want to see is progress next week.”
Davutoglu said that Turkey would be ready to extend any assistance if the 5+1 group or Iran made such a request during the negotiations.
Yet Turkey’s role in this process is hosting the negotiations in a comprehensive manner, the Turkish foreign minister added.
It is not just Turkey, Catherine Ashton, and Iran but the whole world that wants to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue peacefully, he stated.
Davutoglu also said that Istanbul used to be known as the “city of peace” in the past, and Turkey hopes that Istanbul will facilitate peace in this issue.
“Today, the Islamic Republic is seeking to build centrifuges with the Iranian brand, and (we) can say that nuclear technology is regarded as domestic expertise in our country,” Ali Baqeri added.
Iran’s nuclear program has made significant progress in terms of technical matters, he stated.
He described the outcome of the three previous rounds of talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany) as positive.
He said the 5+1 group sought to make Iran halt its nuclear activities during the first round of talks.
In the second round, they asked Iran to suspend its nuclear program, he added, and in the third round of the talks, they only discussed Iran’s nuclear issue, he noted.
Thus, it is a success that the Western countries retreated from their maximal expectations to minimal ones during the last round of talks, he opined.
On the upcoming talks with the 5+1 group, which will be held in Istanbul on January 21 and 22, Baqeri said the goal of the talks is finding common ground for cooperation between Iran and the 5+1 group.
On Thursday, Baqeri held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on the Istanbul negotiations.
In addition, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who also travelled to Turkey ahead of the talks, said on Thursday that she was looking for progress in the negotiations next week between the world powers and Iran.
Addressing a joint news conference in Istanbul with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Ashton said, “Suffice to say that I’m very clear what I want to see is progress next week.”
Davutoglu said that Turkey would be ready to extend any assistance if the 5+1 group or Iran made such a request during the negotiations.
Yet Turkey’s role in this process is hosting the negotiations in a comprehensive manner, the Turkish foreign minister added.
It is not just Turkey, Catherine Ashton, and Iran but the whole world that wants to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue peacefully, he stated.
Davutoglu also said that Istanbul used to be known as the “city of peace” in the past, and Turkey hopes that Istanbul will facilitate peace in this issue.
