Damascus - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said
Thursday after talks with Iranian counterpart Manouchehr
Mottaki in Damascus that brainstorming over Iran's nuclear issue will
continue.
'Participation of US envoy William Burns in the meeting between EU
foreign minister Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Said
Jalili helps the US to get to know Iran's position without
mediators,' Mottaki said at a joint press conference after the talks.
Mottaki added that he hoped the Geneva talks would end with
positive improvements.
Meanwhile, al-Moallem said that Syria will make sure that the
talks would not devalue Iran's right of peaceful use of nuclear
energy provided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The Syrian Foreign Minister stated that Syria and Iran were among
the first countries to ask the international community to free the
Middle East of weapons of mass destruction, stressing the fact
that both countries still adhere to the same position.
The Iranian foreign minister told reporters upon arrival earlier
on Thursday that his one-day stay in Syria was a scheduled one and
his talks with Syrian officials would tackle efforts to boost
regional stability.
Mottaki, whose tour includes a visit to Turkey, said he will
discuss Iraq's situation and how its neighbouring countries can help
it get through the on-going conflicts.
Mottaki, who did not meet with the Damascus-based Palestinian
leaders before he left for Turkey as was scheduled, has met with
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The visit comes after a recent trip of al-Assad to France where he
held talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
In France, al-Assad told reporters that Sarkozy had asked him to
try help ease Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West.
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