Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akhbar Salehi told the delegates that Iran is a regional power and the golden key to the region calling for talks on equal terms. He said Washington should first end its threatening rhetoric towards Iran and stop saying that all options are on the table. Salehi said he welcomes Direct Talks with US, Syria opposition
49th Munich Security Conference
Sun Feb 3, 2013 6:52PMConcerning Iran, U.S.-Vice President Joe Biden said the US was open to one-to-one talks with Iran over its nuclear program, saying diplomacy must be given a chance.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akhbar Salehi also told the delegates that Iran is a regional power and the golden key to the region calling for talks on equal terms. He said Washington should first end its threatening rhetoric towards Iran and stop saying that all options are on the table.
The propsect of direct talks between the US and Iran was widely welcomed by the delegates.
On the sideline of the conference Salehi met with the UN-Arab League Special Representative to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi. Top Iranian diplomat also met the Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib, who stressed his willingness to hold negotiations with the Syrian government to find ways to resolve the crisis and end the violence.
On Saturday, several thousand people took to the streets of Munich to demonstrate against the conference, calling the meeting a source of war. Under the slogan “No Peace with NATO” protesters from 80 organisations spoke out against what they called a colonialist intervention in Mali, the preparation of a war on Syria and demanded the lifting of sanctions on Iran.
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