FM: No negotiaions with West over regional issues
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif says Iran will not negotiate with the West over the region.
The top diplomat made the comments in an address to some neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region.
In a Tuesday tweet in Arabic, Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote, "Some neighboring countries appear to have asked the West to be part of the negotiation process with Iran."
"We will not negotiate with the West over the region. The main problem is their interventions," he added.
"Meanwhile, we are always ready to negotiate with our neighbours, and projects such as the 1986 Regional Security, the 2016 Regional Dialogue Forum, and the 2019 Hormoz Peace Initiative illustrate this point," Zarif noted.