Iran to offer “new initiatives” at nuke talksApril 11, 2012 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili says Tehran will offer “new initiatives” during the upcoming talks with the six major world powers(P5+1), according to Iranian Press TV. “Iran's representatives will participate in the negotiations with new initiatives and we hope that the P5+1 countries will also enter talks with constructive approaches,” Jalili told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday, IRNA reported. “The language of threat and pressure against the Iranian nation has never yielded results but will lead to more seriousness in the attitude of the Iranian nation,” he added. He emphasized, “We are ready to hold progressive and successful talks on cooperation.” Jalili said a dialogue-oriented cooperation approach to ties with Iran will be successful. The SNSC secretary noted that the P5+1 countries-the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France plus Germany- need time to be ready for the talks. He lauded the Islamic Republic’s progress and accomplishments over the past year, particularly the production of fuel rods for the Tehran Research Reactor, and stated that the country should strongly defend its rights. Iran and the P5+1 have held two rounds of talks, one in Geneva in December 2010 and another in the Turkish city of Istanbul in January 2011. Tehran says it is ready to resume the talks based on common grounds; however, it has repeatedly made it clear that it will not negotiate over any of its nuclear rights. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills |