Foreign Minister of Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, reacted Friday evening to the latest statement of the 5+1 Group saying all parties should support the recent agreement between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog. Speaking to IRNA on the margins of t...Sep 28, 2007Iranian, British FMs review issues of mutual interest
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his British counterpart David Miliband here on Friday reviewed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Tal...Sep 27, 2007Iranian, Spanish FMs meet at UN
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is New York to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly sessions, met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Mottaki expressed Iran`s readiness to expand ties with Spain and presented a report...Sep 27, 2007Iranian, Lexembourg FMs meet in New York
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met and conferred with his Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn on Thursday on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Mottaki said in the meeting that ...Sep 27, 2007Mottaki: Iran strives to help restore stability, security to Iraq
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is doing its best to help restore stability and security to the war-torn Iraq. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with his Australian counterpart Alexande...Sep 27, 2007Iranian, Austrian FMs hold talks on bilateral issues
Iranian and Austrian foreign ministers in New York on Thursday conferred on bilateral and international issues. Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik held meeting on the sidelines of 62nd General Assembly of ...Sep 27, 2007Iran, Vietnam review expansion of economic cooperation
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem conferred on Thursday with Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries as well as upgrading the current level of ties. The meeting was hel...Sep 27, 2007German FM calls for support for Iran-IAEA initiative
German Foreign Minister on Thursday stressed need for supporting IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei on his stand regarding Iran`s nuclear program. Frank-Walter Steinmeier made the comment in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki ...Sep 27, 2007Iranian, Romanian FMs meet in New York
Iranian foreign minister met and conferred with his Romanian counterpart on Thursday on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in the meeting that Iran and Ro...Sep 26, 2007Mottaki confers with Malaysian counterpart at the UN
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred with his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly. In the meeting on Wednesday, the two foreign ministers discussed the Non-Aligned Mov...Sep 26, 2007Iran-France foreign ministers meet in New York
On the sidelines of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner. In the meeting, Kouchner said, `Iran is a great country and we will...Sep 26, 2007Iran-Belgium FMs discuss issues of mutual interest
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is in New York to attend 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, discussed issues of mutual interest with Belgian Foreign Minister Karl De Gusht on Wednesday. The two sides exchanged views and discusse...Sep 24, 2007FM: Peace consolidation is in Iran`s diplomacy agenda
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a message to `Peace and Humanitarian Rights` conference underlined peace consolidation and observing humanitarian rights are in Iran`s diplomacy agenda. The message was read by a foreign ministry diplomat...Sep 24, 2007Mottaki addresses UN on climate change challenges
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Monday addressed a High-Level Event, entitled: `The Future is in Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change`. The full text of his address is as follows: `In the Name o...Sep 24, 2007Mottaki exchanges views with counterparts at UN
On the sidelines of the 62nd UN General Assembly, Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred on Tuesday with his counterparts from Czech Republic, Jordan, UAE, Dominican Republic and Serbia on issues of mutual interests. In his meeti...Sep 24, 2007Iranian, Slovenian FMs meet in New York
Iran`s Foreign Minister who is here to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly met and conferred with his Slovenian counterpart on bilateral, and Iran-EU relations. Manouchehr Mottaki referred to Slovenia`s initiative of establishing a special gro...Sep 23, 2007Iran protests to production of narcotics in Afghanistan
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki protested on Sunday to Afghanistan for its failure to fight illegal drugs production saying authorities in charge of the country`s drug campaign should be accountable for their wrong policies. Mottak...Sep 22, 2007FM: UN resolution 1770 indicates defeat of unilateralism in Iraq
The United Nations Security Council`s recent resolution on Iraq indicated the defeat of US unilateralism and its autocratic policy in Iraq, Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday. Mottaki arrived in New York on Saturday to...Sep 21, 2007FM arrives in New York to attend UN General Assembly
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived here on Friday to attend the United Nations General Assembly due to begin on Tuesday. Mottaki is expected to participate in a meeting on Iraq on Saturday. The meeting is organized by the...Sep 19, 2007Iran, Italy review mutual, regional developments
The visiting political advisor to Italy`s prime minister conferred on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on issues of mutual interests. At the meeting, Mottaki described the initiative of the Italian government particularly its...Sep 19, 2007Mottaki: Iran`s nuclear activities, transparent
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Wednesday that Iran`s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency indicates the transparency of Tehran`s nuclear activities. `Our cooperation with the IAEA shows that our activities are...Sep 18, 2007Mottaki: Iran to broaden all-out ties with Morocco
Visiting Moroccan Energy Minister Mohamed Boutaleb conferred on Tuesday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on expansion of mutual ties between the two countries. At the meeting, Mottaki said Iran attaches importance to expansion of all-o...Sep 15, 20072nd abducted Belgian handed over to Belgian officials
Belgian national Stefaan Boeve, 28, was anded over to Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht at a ceremony here Saturday, also attended by members of the abducted man`s family. The Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP) secured release of two...Sep 15, 2007Iran, Yemen call for expansion of ties, cooperation
Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran Jamal Abdullah al-Solal conferred on Saturday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and submitted him a written message from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. According to the...Sep 15, 2007FM: Bushehr nuclear plant`s fuel ready but sealed by IAEA
The fuel for Iran`s nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, has been prepared (for delivery by Russian side) but is sealed by the UN nuclear watchdog, it was announced here Saturday evening. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made the ...Sep 15, 2007FM: Iran, Belgium enjoy potentials to solve problems
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that Iran and Belgium enjoy appropriate potentials to solve problems. He made the remark while talking to reporters on the sideline of a ceremony to hand over a released Belgian national t...Sep 12, 2007Iran, Russia to review expansion of mutual cooperation
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki who is in Moscow at the head of an economic delegation conferred on Wednesday with Russia`s Atomic Energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko on expansion of mutual cooperation. Mottaki and Kiriyenko are to co-chair Iran...Sep 11, 2007Russian president due in Tehran in mid October: Mottaki
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran on October 16 to attend the summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states, Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Tuesday evening. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival in the Rus...Sep 11, 2007Mottaki rules out ElBaradei`s time-out proposal
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday ruled out the time-out proposal made by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. He told IRNA ahead of departure for Moscow that Iranian nuclear program is not a show and that Iran has planned to ...Sep 11, 2007Mottaki: Iran, Persian Gulf littoral states to study free trade
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Persian Gulf littoral states on expansion of mutual cooperation on free trade would start in the near future. Mottaki made the remark o...Sep 11, 2007FM: Iran asks Germany to explain about terrorist group leader
Iran asked Germany to explain about presence of leader of a terrorist group in that country, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Tuesday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an economic gathering, he said Berlin had to explain a...Sep 10, 2007Mottaki: Iran, Norway enjoy high capabilities to broaden ties
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Norway enjoy very high capabilities which would help broaden mutual cooperation. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with outgoing Norwegian Ambassador...Sep 6, 2007Iranian, Syrian FMs talk on phone
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had a telephone contact with his Syrian counterpart Walid Al-Moallem Thursday evening following the blatant violation of the Syrian airspace by the Zionist military planes. The Iranian official calle...Sep 6, 2007FM: Active diplomacy, government`s present diplomatic approach
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Thursday that active and logical diplomacy is the ninth government`s current diplomatic approach. Speaking in the administrative council session in Golestan province on Thursday, Mottaki said the a...Sep 5, 2007Iran and Bolivia determined to broaden political ties - Mottaki
IRI Foreign Minister said after a long meeting with his Bolivian counterpart here Wednesday evening, both sides are determined to broaden comprehensive, particularly political ties. Political Desk reporter, Manouchehr Mottaki made the comment...Sep 5, 2007Mottaki asks for stronger commercial ties with Philippines
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Wednesday that Iran wants stronger commercial ties with the Philippines. Mottaki told Philippine presidential advisor Silvestre Bello that with the establishment of the NAM Center of Human Rights an...Sep 4, 2007Mottaki: Iran voices readiness to broaden cooperation with Ethiopia
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to broaden all-out ties with Ethiopia. Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on the sidelines of `NAM Meeting on Human Rig...Sep 4, 2007Iran, Gabon study expansion of mutual ties
Gabon`s Foreign Minister Jean Ping who is attending Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial meeting, exchanged views with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the meeting here Tuesday. According to Information and Press Bureau of Foreign...Sep 4, 2007FM: NAM should pursue ratification in UN
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday called on the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to propose resolutions to the UN General Assembly for ratification. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with Belarussian Foreign Mi...Sep 4, 2007Iran, Mauritania stress expansion of all-out ties
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and the Mauritanian Secretary of State in charge of Union of Arab Maghreb Affairs Al-Hafiz Walid Ismail here Tuesday underlined the need for expansion of mutual ties in all fields. At the meeting on the side...Sep 4, 2007Iran calls for Afghanistan progress: FM
Iran calls for progress in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday afternoon in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Tehran. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)...Sep 3, 2007Iran ready to answer questions about nuclear activities: FM
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, by referring to the recent agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Iran is ready to answer questions concerning its nuclear activities. According to Foreign Ministry Media Departm...Sep 3, 2007Iranian FM: Iran ready to cooperate with Qatar on banking affairs
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki expressed Tehran`s readiness to cooperate with Qatar on banking affairs and gas industry. According to Foreign Ministry Media Department report on Monday, Mottaki in a meeting with Qatari Minister without po...Sep 3, 2007Mottaki calls for human rights regional office in Tehran
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki proposed that human rights regional office for southwest of Asia be established in Tehran. According to Foreign Ministry Media Department report on Monday, Mottaki in a meeting with the United Nations High ...Sep 3, 2007Iran-Iraq FMs discuss issues of mutual interest
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who is in Tehran to attend Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial meeting, exchanged views with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the meeting here Monday. According to Foreign Ministry Media Dep...Sep 3, 2007Iran-Bahrain FMs call for exchanging parliamentary, media delegations
Iran and Bahrain foreign ministers underlined necessity of exchanging parliamentary and media delegation between the two countries. According to Foreign Ministry Media Department report on Monday, Manouchehr Mottaki, on the sidelines of Non-Al...Sep 2, 2007Iran, Singapore discuss expansion of mutual relations
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday that Iran and Singapore should not let a third country to mar their ties. Mottaki told the non-resident Ambassador of Singapore Gopinath Pillai that Tehran believes countries should establis...Sep 2, 2007OIC chief, Mottaki review regional developments
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday met and conferred with Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) confe...Sep 2, 2007Iranian foreign minister meets Syrian counterpart in Tehran
Iranian Foreign Minister in a meeting here on Sunday with Syrian counterpart Walid Al-Moallem dicussed bilateral relations, the latest international affairs and the current situation in Iraq shaped by the presence of the foreign occupiers. Mot...Sep 1, 2007Mottaki: Iran`s case should be returned to IAEA Board of Governors
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that Iran`s nuclear case should be returned to the International Atomic Energy Agency`s Board of Governors. `As the IAEA Director General Mohammad ElBaradei`s report refers to, the two sid...Sep 1, 2007NAM should consider expansion of peace and development: FM
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in a meeting with Ghana Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei Adjei, here on Saturday said Non-Aligned Movement meetings should pay attention to expansion of peace, stability and economic development. A NAM meeting ...Sep 1, 2007Mottaki: Iran, Russia in talks on Bushehr nuclear power plant
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization and Russia are in talks about completion of Bushehr nuclear power plant project. `Russians have newly announced that they are firm in their resolve ...
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