Iran is sending two negotiators for nuclear talks with the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana Tuesday, foreign office spokesman said Sunday. Former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and his successor Saeid Jalili will leave Tuesday for talks with Solana in the Italian capital of Rome, said foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini.The decision to send two negotiators comes a day after Larijani stepped down and was replaced by Jalili to head Iran's National Security Council (NSC) - which is also in charge of country's nuclear negotiations. "Ali Larijani will accompany the new chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in his meeting with Solana in Rome," IRNA quoted Hosseini as saying.
The spokesman said the changes at the secretary level of the Iran's security council and also the chief nuclear negotiator would not have any impact on the country's "peaceful" nuclear course. "No misinterpretations should be made about the new developments. The aim which is pursuing peaceful nuclear technology is unalterable and based on broad unanimity," DPA quoted the spokesman as saying.
Iran and the EU will Tuesday resume their talks on the basis of the agreement reached between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last August. According to the agreement, Iran and the IAEA would remove all technical ambiguities by November and the relevant IAEA report would serve as the basis for political talks between the Iranian side and Solana. A failure of the political talks might once again push the Iranian nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council and approval of a third resolution and harsher financial sanctions against the Islamic state.