Russia believes there still remains a possibility of resolving Iranian nuclear program by political and diplomatic means, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement, made by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a joint press conference following talks with U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton.
"We and our American partners have a common strategic goal - to prevent violations of the non-proliferation regime, eliminate the existing concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and to ensure Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency," – said Lavrov.
In turn, Clinton said that "Iran does not fulfill its international obligations” and US is cooperating with its “other partners in the format "five plus one " in order to provide international consensus for security purposes, which will let Iran know clearly everything it needs to know, namely, that its actions cause consequences and that its attempt to acquire nuclear weapons create global and regional danger. "
Hillary Clinton thanked Lavrov for the opportunity to meet in Moscow and noted that the U.S. and Russia dialogue goes on constructively. The delegations of Russia and the United States entered the final stage of negotiations on working out a new START agreement, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the press conference following negotiations with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
