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.
Talking to IRNA at the end of the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister said, due to current world situation, the main topics discussed in separate meetings with British, German and French foreign ministers were naturally Iran`s peaceful nuclear program and the Islamic Republic`s stands regarding various world developments.
Mottaki regretted that at the end of Tony Blair`s term in office, Iran`s stands as well as the regional developments, including the crises in Iraq and Afghanistan, were presented incorrectly.
The wrong policies of the Blair government in the region somehow influenced Iran, he said stressing, `Currently we monitor stands by the new British government.
We make contacts with them and believe that if there are positive grounds for mutual understanding regarding various issues, there will be no problem for promotion of bilateral cooperation.
` On the issue of nuclear technology, Mottaki reiterated that his British counterpart said his government had no concern over Iran`s pursuance of nuclear technology.
`We have inked several nuclear agreements which have been violated or cancelled, therefore, our people naturally have no more trust in various sayings,` he said adding that such issues were discussed in the meeting.
Iranian cultural artifacts smuggled to Britain and the arrest of an Iranian national in that country were also reviewed with Foreign Minister Miliband, Mottaki said.