We have the right to enrich uranium, S. Jalili

16:34, 27 February 2013

ALMATY. February 27. KAZINFORM "Any suggestions offered for cooperation, transparency as well as for confidence-building should be based on the recognition of the rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the right to nuclear enrichment. Within this framework, the issues can be up for debate," has said Dr. Saeed Jalili, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, today concerning the discussion of the Iranian nuclear program, at a briefing in Almaty.

"In Moscow we have declared that Iran is ready to take steps toward cooperation. One of those steps touched upon the talks held in Geneva three years ago, and there we said that we needed fuel for the reactor. Unfortunately, we failed to get fuel, so we ourselves had to get the fuel. That meant that we had been forced to produce 20 percent fuel ourselves to provide fuel for the reactor. We have a right for that," added S. Jalili. He also stated that one of the important conditions to earn the trust of the Iranian people is the lack of pressure.

"Confrontational attitude should be laid aside", said S. Jalili.

It should be recalled that on February 26 in Almaty there began a two-day meeting aimed at discussing the Iranian nuclear program. The talks are attended by representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the EU and six world powers - the U.S., Russia, France, Britain and Germany.

The talks will continue in Istanbul on March 18-19, followed by the 5 +1 meeting with Iran on April 5-6 in Almaty.

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