Iran's Larijani talks with Spanish PM on nuclear case
Iran-Spain, Politics, 7/7/2006

Visiting Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, launched talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Iran's nuclear case.

The meeting, also attended by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, is the first working plan of Iran's top negotiator in his Spain visit after he held a short and informal meeting over dinner with Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief in Brussels Thursday night.

Solana and Larijani had a tete-a-tete dinner meeting to talk about Iran's nuclear program.

In his meeting with Solana, Larijani stressed that Iran is serious in continuation of talks on its nuclear program and would follow up the case during an official meeting with Solana, to be held on Tuesday.

The SNSC Secretary arrived in Madrid, capital city of Spain, at the head of a delegation early Friday on a day-long visit.

Spain has always stressed on Iran's right for access to peaceful nuclear energy, saying the international community should reach an agreement with Tehran through fair negotiations.

Larijani is scheduled to hold a separate meeting with Spanish foreign minister and attend a press conference later today.

Larijani, will meet with Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in Bern on Saturday, Swiss National News Agency (SDA) said on Friday.

The two sides are to discuss Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
The SDA quoted Iran's political attache to Bern Mohammad-Hassan Habibollahzadeh as saying Iran is busy exchanging views with several countries including Switzerland on its nuclear case.

Meanwhile, Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Philippe Jeannerat, speaking to SDA, said the Iranian side is willing to be informed of Swiss stance on nuclear issues.

He added it would be a bilateral meeting between Iran and Switzerland and has nothing to do with Swiss embassy mission as the US interest section in Iran.

Iran's Ambassador to Indonesia Behrouz Kamalvandi said today that peaceful use of nuclear energy is a right of all countries. Kamalvandi made the remark in a meeting with Indonesia's Speaker of Regional People's Representative Council Karta Sasmita while pointing to Iran's nuclear case and a package of incentives offered to it in this regard. "Tehran is ready to resume talks (with Europe) with no preconditions. Continuation of enrichment is a national determination of Iranians," he said.

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