Zarif: Iran Negotiating with Goodwill, Determination

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Iran' Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the Islamic Republic has been negotiating with the P5+1 group with goodwill and determination.

He also expected that the talks over the Iranian nuclear program will yield results if the other side also displays the same qualities.

"Iran has entered into the nuclear negotiations with goodwill and strong determination and insists on its principled positions," Zarif said in a meeting with India's visiting National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Tehran on Tuesday.

The top Iranian diplomat further said, "If the other side, too, has the goodwill and the necessary and sufficient determination, we can reach results."

Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Ministry says the country has adopted a constructive approach in the nuclear talks with the six world powers to end the standoff over the Iranian nuclear program.
"Given the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, Iran has entered into the nuclear negotiations with a constructive approach to end the trumped-up crisis," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said in reaction to recent remarks by US President Barack Obama on the talks on Iran's nuclear program.

She also said that Iran has demonstrated "strong political will" to achieve good results in the nuclear talks with the P5+1 group.
"Now, it is the American side that has to do away with the policy of making excessive demands and, overcoming its domestic issues, make the final decision and prepare the ground for the formation of a comprehensive agreement," Afkham said.

Obama had said at a joint press conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the White House on Monday that technical issues were no longer an obstacle in reaching a comprehensive deal with Iran. "The issues now are: does Iran have the political will and the desire to get a deal done?" he said.

Obama also said there is no reason to extend the nuclear negotiations with Iran if an agreement on fundamental principles is not reached soon.

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