Iran's recently appointed chief nuclear negotiator has expressed his support to resume talks in order to resolve the standoff with the EU and the USA.
"Iran deems it a principle to continue talks and it accepts negotiation as the right manner," Ali Larijani, the new general secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was quoted as saying on Tuesday by Sharq daily.
Earlier, Western diplomats have expressed concern that Larijani, a close aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will adopt a tougher line on the nuclear issue than his predecessor Hassan Rohani.
"We can reach a conclusion with a win-win situation defined for both sides ... We should try to solve the problem in a friendly way and our objective is still preserving the fuel cycle," Larijani stated.
