DAR AL HARB / ISLAM: NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN ARE STILL POSSIBLE, SAYS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL

Merkel says talks with Iran still possible


KUWAIT CITY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the door remains open for negotiations between Iran and the international community over its contested nuclear programme.

‘Even if the United Nations has decided on sanctions, the door for negotiations remains open,’ Merkel said at a joint press conference with Kuwait’s Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah.

‘I hope that reason will prevail and that we will be able to hold talks again,’ added Merkel, whose country currently holds the rotating European Union presidency.

The premier of Kuwait, which lies just across the Gulf from Iran, also stressed the importance of going back to negotiations over Teheran’s nuclear drive.

‘It is important now to have unconditional negotiations. We have to sit down at the negotiating table and talk openly and without conditions,’ he said. ‘It is absolutely necessary to have peace in the region.’

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