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 on the latest developments on Iran`s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and also Iran`s peaceful nuclear program.
Referring to the increasing trend of ties, Moratinos said, `Bilateral relations are good and satisfactory and the Spanish companies are working in Iran actively and support expansion of activities of the firms.
` Concerning Spain`s prime minister talks with media on Iran`s nuclear program the day before, Moratinos said, `The prime minister underlined that the solution for Iran`s nuclear dossier would be only negotiation and any other measure except dialogue in this concern is not acceptable.
` Supporting Iran-IAEA talks, the Spanish foreign minister said, `Continuation of the talks is the proper solution for the issue.
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