Baku, Azerbaijan, March 28. Iranian Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) spoke with British Foreign
Secretary David Lammy on Thursday night, Trend reports.
Iran has reiterated that direct negotiations with the United
States on the country’s peaceful nuclear program are meaningless as
long as a “maximum pressure” policy and military threats are in
place.
Araghchi made the remarks while speaking in a phone conversation
with his British counterpart, Lammy.
Referring to conflicting positions taken by American officials
on negotiations with Iran, he rejected the instrumental use of
diplomacy to exert political and psychological pressure on
Tehran.
Araghchi also referred to the contradictory positions and
messages of American officials regarding negotiations with Iran and
considered the use of diplomacy as a tool for political and
psychological pressure unacceptable.
He stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a responsible
view and in adherence to diplomatic custom, has reflected the US
president’s response to the American side through the appropriate
channels.
Araghchi also voiced disappointment over unconstructive stances
taken by some European countries and the European Union, including
the imposition of sanctions on Iran under baseless pretexts.
He urged those European countries to reconsider their approach
to Iran and issues related to the West Asian region.
In the telephone call, the Iranian and British foreign ministers
welcomed the resumption of the work of the new Iranian and British
ambassadors in London and Tehran and expressed hope that this
development would help advance bilateral relations better and more
smoothly.
Both sides raised some mutual consular issues and clearly
expressed their views and concerns in this regard but emphasized
the importance of maintaining communication channels between Tehran
and London to pursue bilateral issues and other topics of interest
to the parties.