Germany and its European partners are open to further talks with Iran if it is willing to give assurances over its nuclear and missile programmes, Germany’s foreign minister says, reports Al Jazeera.
Speaking before a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva, Johann Wadephul said he and his counterparts from the UK and France, along with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, had “always said that we are ready to talk”.
“This requires Iran’s serious willingness to renounce any enrichment of nuclear material, which could lead to nuclear weaponisation,” he said, according to Reuters.
“This also requires that the missile programme can be included. If this serious willingness exists, then the consequence on our part will also be that we are prepared to hold further talks,” he added.
Araghchi has said he is in Geneva to listen to the Europeans, but will not negotiate while Israeli strikes on Iran continue, and that Iran’s missile programme is non-negotiable.
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