JAKARTA - Iran's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it would attend nuclear talks with Russia and China on Friday, focusing on Tehran's "nuclear issue" and lifting sanctions.
The meeting scheduled for Beijing will be chaired by Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich and his Iranian counterpart Kazem Gharibabadi who will attend.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai said the theme of the conversation would be within the framework of the country's routine consultations with various parties, quoted from The National 12 March.
This happened when United States President Donald Trump's administration urged Tehran to negotiate a new deal over its atomic capabilities.
President Trump, who sent a written letter to Iranan leaders asking them to form a new agreement, said he wanted to negotiate with Iran rather than use military means.
On Wednesday, Iran said it hoped to accept a "immediate" correspondence through Arab countries.
Other expert-level negotiations are expected to follow negotiations in China at the end of March, Iran's Foreign Ministry said.
Gharibabadi previously told the Tasnim news agency the idea behind these negotiations came from a round of previous negotiations between Iran and Germany, France and Britain in Geneva, Switzerland.
"Negotiations will focus on a more technical and special level, and we will probably meet again in the next three weeks, so that our experts will also discuss and review further," he said.
"All parties emphasize that the negotiated solutions to these common interests must be pursued, and understanding and results must be achieved in this direction," he added.
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Responding to a closed-door UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday regarding Tehran's nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the meeting was a "new and strange process that questioned the goodwill of the countries seeking it".
The meeting was requested by six of France's 15 members of the Council of France, Greece, Panama, South Korea, Britain, and the US following growing concerns over the expansion of Iran's uranium supply near weapons levels.
Iran has denied efforts to develop nuclear weapons. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned Tehran " dramatically" accelerates uranium enrichment by 60 percent purity, to close to 90 percent for weapons.
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