MADRID 28 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Iran has confirmed this Thursday a round of talks over the next 48 hours with representatives of the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, France and Germany to address the situation in the Middle East and Tehran’s nuclear program, days later. of a new resolution of condemnation by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, explained the delegation will be led by the deputy foreign minister, Mayid Tajt-Ravanchi, who will meet this Thursday with the deputy secretary general for Political Affairs of the Foreign Action Service of the EU, Enrique Mora.
Likewise, he stressed that “this round of talks will address a series of regional and international issues, including those related to Palestine and Lebanon and those that have to do with the nuclear program,” according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, without The rest of the parties have spoken for now about the agenda of the meetings.
The announcement comes a day after the head of the Iranian Nuclear Energy Organization (IAEA), Mohamad Eslami, confirmed that Tehran has begun injecting gas into “thousands” of centrifuges to begin operations, within the framework of the response of the authorities to the aforementioned condemnation resolution of the IAEA Board of Governors, promoted by the E3 – United Kingdom, France and Germany -.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry last week called the resolution “politicized” and “destructive” and stressed that it would activate these centrifuges as part of its “rights and obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.” In addition, it reiterated its “cooperation” with the IAEA regarding technical and safeguards-related aspects, which “will continue as before.”
The resolution was approved with 19 votes in favor, twelve abstentions and three votes against – Russia, China and Burkina Faso. The text demands that Iran give explanations about its nuclear activities and requests the director general of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, for a “comprehensive” report, amid pressure on the Islamic Republic to cooperate with the agency after abandoning part of its commitments. with the 2015 agreement after 2018 unilaterally left it in 2018.