Iraq asserts that the meeting of (5 +1) will be held on 23 May under the chairmanship of Ashton and the presence of Jalali
Thursday, April 26 / April 2012 15:43
Confirmed the Iraqi government, on Thursday, that the meeting of (5 +1) will be held on 23 May next in the capital Baghdad, indicating that the meeting would be chaired by the High Representative for Security Affairs and Foreign Affairs in the European Union Catherine Ashton, and the presence of the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for National Security Iran's Saeed Jalali.
He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh in a statement issued today, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of "Iraq will host the twenty-third of May next, the second round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue in a meeting (5 +1), delegations representing the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom and Germany. "
Dabbagh said that "this meeting will be held under the chairmanship of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Affairs in the European Union, Catherine Ashton," noting that "the Iranian delegation will be headed by the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for National Security Iran's Saeed Jalali."
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced that, beginning this April, for the approval of the permanent members of the Security Council and Germany to hold a Special Meeting of the Iranian nuclear file in the capital Baghdad after the end of the next meeting in Turkey during the 14 from this April, a sign that Iraq is keen to make the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction.
While confirming that Iraq is not a direct party to nuclear talks, so the approval of the international community and Iran is a necessary condition for meeting place and time, pointing out that Iraq's role is limited to the hosting and invitations and the creation of technical and administrative requirements.
Search and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday (April 22, 2012), with the Executive Secretary of the Department of Foreign Relations of the European Commission Pierre Vemun and the delegation accompanying him Iraq's preparations to host the six-nation talks in the capital Baghdad.
The international community accuses Tehran of using its civilian nuclear program declared to conceal a plan to develop atomic weapons pose a serious threat to the security of the region, while still the United Nations imposed sanctions on Tehran over this file, and for not allowing international inspectors to visit centers of reactors to determine their nature, while Iran has denied repeatedly seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, saying its nuclear program that the goal of a civil exchange, and approved the production of over 4,500 kilograms of enriched uranium since 2007, an amount sufficient to produce four nuclear weapons, according to estimates of experts.
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