Iranian delegation arrives in Baghdad for nuke talksMay 22, 2012 - 10:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An Iranian delegation headed by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili arrived in Baghdad to hold talks with the representatives of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) on May 23, Fars News Agency reported. Jalili and his entourage were welcomed by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at Baghdad airport. Jalili, who is also Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), headed the Iranian side and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton led the delegations of the world powers. Both Jalili and Ashton voiced satisfaction with the talks after the Istanbul meeting. After two rounds of talks with the six world powers, Jalili said that withdrawing sanctions against Iran “should be a focal point in any future talks on cooperation between Iran and the world powers.” "It is of crucial importance that our (future) cooperation will entail reciprocal steps, that is, our nation's trust should be built in the trend of talks and cooperation," Jalili told reporters at a press conference after the second meeting with the representatives of the G5+1 in Istanbul. 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |