The Iranian Embassy in Turkey has confirmed its readiness to negotiate the nuclear problem with six mediators in Istanbul on April 14. Catherine Ashton, EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, set the talks for Saturday, Trend reports.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on April 1 that Iran needs to prove that it is a partner willing to talk. The previous round of talks was held in Istanbul in January 2011 and was fruitless.
Two aircraft carrier groups arrived on the coast of Iran, spokesman of the US Navy John Fage said on Monday. Carrier “Abraham Lincoln” is in the Arabian Sea, carrier “Enterprise” is passing the Gulf of Aden.
“Enterprise”, a cruiser and three destroyers arrived at the responsibility zone of the Fifth US Fleet in Bahrain on April 3. It replaced “Carl Vinson”, which will now move to the Bay of Bengal.
The Pentagon has over 100 jets, 15,000 troops in Kuwait and about 90,000 in Afghanistan.
Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lu Weiming hopes that all sides will show patience and flexibility.
May futures for WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) dropped in price by $0.120 (0.12%) to $102.340 per barrel. May futures for rent dropped by $0.45 (0.37%) to $122.220 per barrel.
