After the first meeting between Iranian and Western officials since the state of the Israel-Iran war last week, European foreign ministers said on Friday that Iran expressed openness to diplomacy a wide array of issues.
Foreign ministers from Germany, France and UK plus the European Union foreign policy chief that their meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi marked a positive step.
“The Iranian side is fundamentally ready to continue talks about all the important issues," German foreign minister Johann Wadephul said. "It is very important that the United States of America are involved in these negotiations and a solution."
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot also said Tehran appeared open to broad dialogue. ”We were clear Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and the E3 and Europe have been clear for many years that that cannot happen.”
Before the meeting, Iran had made clear it was not open to discussing the most sensitive disagreements with the West such as its missile program.
