Iran’s failure to engage in “serious” international talks on its nuclear programme “is frankly ridiculous,” a senior European Union official complained on Tuesday, as the bloc
was waiting for Tehran’s response on its latest offer of dialogue.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has proposed that talks between Iran and the 5+1 group – comprising the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany – resume November 15-17 in Vienna.
“It is now more than a year since there was any serious conversation with the Iranians, and that is frankly ridiculous and leads to a good deal of frustration on our part,” the EU source pointed out.
“I know this is shared by the Russians and the Chinese,” the official added.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast had said that no decision had yet been taken on attending the talks proposed by Ashton.
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