Iran's Package Contains Comprehensive Proposals for Global Peace

3 July 2008

Tehran-Iran's package of proposals contained comprehensive plans to restore regional and international peace and stability, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said on Thursday in a telephone conversation with the Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura.

Jalili said that the package has contained all positive capacities in the economic, energy and security fields to help establish peace and stability in the region and worldwide.

"Iran believes that considering common points of the two packages of proposals exchanged between Iran and Western powers, the two sides could start a new round of constructive cooperation in a proper political atmosphere," Iran's top nuclear negotiator told the Japanese foreign minister.

Two packages of proposals were exchanged between Iran and the Group 5+1 during the last few months.

Iran's package of proposals to resolve major international challenges was offered to Western countries in May while the G5+1 package of proposals was presented to Iran earlier in June during a visit to Tehran by the EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana.

The group's package of incentives was prepared by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia, China, France, Britain and the US -- plus Germany.

The Japanese minister said that Iran's proposed package had the capacity to both win the confidence of the international community and also help restore peace and stability in the region and worldwide.

Reiterating Tokyo's support for constructive talks between Iran and the Group 5+1, the Japanese minister expressed hope that the next round of talks would lead to positive outcomes for the international community.

He stated that Japan attached significance to ties with Iran, as a big and influential country in the region.