DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s right to enhance uranium is not flexible, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated on Wednesday, in advance of a 2nd round of talks in Oman this weekend break with the United States concerning Tehran’s contested nuclear program.
Araqchi was reacting to a remark made on Tuesday by the united state leading arbitrator Steve Witkoff, that stated Tehran have to “stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment” to get to a manage Washington.
“We have heard contradictory statements from Witkoff, but real positions will be made clear at the negotiating table,” Araqchi stated.
“We are ready to build trust regarding possible concerns over Iran’s enrichment (of uranium), but the principle of enrichment is not negotiable.”
Iran and the united state are because of hold a 2nd round of talks in Oman on Saturday over Tehran’s rising nuclear program, with President Donald Trump harmful army activity if there is no offer.
Before the talks, Araqchi will certainly provide a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to Russian President Vladimir Putin on a vacation to Russia, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
The Kremlin on Tuesday decreased to comment when asked if Russia prepared to take control of Iran’s supplies of enriched uranium as component of a feasible future nuclear offer in between Iran and the United States.
The Guardian reported that Tehran was anticipated to decline a united state proposition to move its accumulation of enriched uranium to a 3rd nation such as Russia as component of a contract that Washington is looking for to downsize Iran’s nuclear program.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Ros Russell)
