Iranian Negotiator Dismisses Suspension of Iran's Nuclear Activities.

Iranian Negotiator Dismisses Suspension of Iran's Nuclear Activities.(Fars).Tehran - Tehran's chief negotiator in the talks with the six world powers dismissed suspension of Iran's nuclear activities as impossible, saying that the plan to withdraw sanctions in return for a suspension of Iran's nuclear activities belongs to the past. Speaking to reporters after two rounds of talks with the six world powers in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, Jalili rejected a suspension of Iran's 20-percent uranium enrichment, and said, "We embark on providing for our needs on the basis of our rights and within the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)." He said raising such plans as "suspending Iran's nuclear activities in return for the removal of sanctions is a literature which belongs to the past". Asked if the six world powers showed flexibility in the Saturday talks, the Iranian negotiator stated, "The attitude that we observed was talks for cooperation and we consider it as to be positive." He described the Saturday negotiations as "progressive" compared with the last two rounds of talks, and said that "the opposite side had entered the talks with a positive attitude towards cooperation, and I believe that Mrs. Ashton's role is remarkable" in this regard. The last meeting between the two sides took place in Istanbul in January 2011. Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain and France plus Germany) had also held two rounds of multifaceted talks in Geneva in December 2010. Jalili said the world powers had replaced their confrontation approach with an approach based on talks and cooperation in the Saturday talks in Istanbul. Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton chaired the two sides' delegations in the negotiations. Both sides voiced satisfaction with the talks and agreed to meet in Baghdad on May 23 to continue negotiations.Jalili and Ashton's deputies, Ali Baqeri and Helga Schmid, are due to draft an agreement on mutual cooperation prior to the Baghdad meeting. Jalili said cooperation would cover a wide range of issues in various fields, "and nuclear cooperation will be just one of them". Read the full story here.