Davutoglu: Turkey Supports Talks between Iran, 5+1

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated his country’s strong support for the upcoming talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany), which are due to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday.

“We are happy about the start of negotiations between Iran and the G5+1 and support them,” Davutoglu said, addressing the audience at a high-profile security meeting in Manama, Bahrain, named ‘the 2010 Manama Security Dialogue’ on Saturday night.

He also called for further diplomatic efforts and talks to solve Iran’s nuclear issue, and stressed, “If there are differences in views over Iran’s nuclear program, diplomacy and talks should be used and we should cooperate to reach a solution.”

Underlining his country’s opposition to nuclear apartheid, Davutoglu said that using peaceful nuclear technology is the right of all world states.

Iran on Tuesday announced that its multifaceted talks with the Group 5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany) will restart on December 6 in Switzerland.

Tehran, however, has stressed that it would not discuss its nuclear program with the G5+1.

Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West’s calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment.

Tehran has dismissed West’s demands as politically tainted and illogical, stressing that sanctions and pressures merely consolidate Iranians’ national resolve to continue the path

via Fars News Agency :: Davutoglu: Turkey Supports Talks between Iran, 5+1.