Iran's chief negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili sent a reply to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's letter about talks between Tehran and the six world powers, and welcomed resumption of negotiations between the two sides, Fars News Agency reported.
According to the secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in the letter which was delivered to Ashton's office on Wednesday, Feb 15, Jalili welcomed the readiness of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members – Russia, China, Britain, France and the US plus Germany) to resume talks with Iran.
The Iranian chief negotiator underlined in his letter that returning to the negotiation table would be the best means to broaden cooperation between the two sides.
He added that the success of the upcoming talks would totally depend on the positive attitude of the 5+1 as well as the initiatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Jalili also welcomed Ashton's view that Iran's legitimate rights to make use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes should be respected.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had earlier this month renewed the country's preparedness to resume negotiations with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany), and announced that Tehran will soon send a letter to the six world powers to reiterate its readiness for talks.
