Idrisov: Kazakhstan interested in speedy settlement of Iranian nuclear issue

Kazakhstan is interested in a speedy settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue, the country's foreign minister Erlan Idrissov said.

"The settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue in the shortest possible time is important for Kazakhstan, since this will have a positive impact on our region, first of all in terms of economic opportunities," he said.

Moreover, the Kazakh president met with his Iranian counterpart during the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Shanghai.
Idris expressed satisfaction with the development of bilateral relations between the two countries. "We hope that the positive trend will continue in the future as well," he said.

The minister also noted that the shortest way to the world markets for Kazakhstan in the southerly direction passes though Iran. "This country is our important economic partner."

According to him, Kazakhstan wants to contribute to the success of the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. "We were somewhat disappointed that the group of negotiators failed to complete the negotiations held in November and hope that these talks will be more successful in the first half of 2015," Trend quoted the foreign minister.

Idrissov reminded that Kazakhstan has been a platform for two rounds of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, and these rounds provided a noticeable impetus to the positive development of the entire negotiating process.