Egyptian FM discusses US-Iran talks with Omani, Iranian counterparts, US envoy
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone talks with his Omani and Iranian counterparts and US special presidential envoy to the Middle East
- CAIRO — Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone talks
with his Omani and Iranian counterparts and US special presidential envoy to
the Middle East, during which they discussed the third round of negotiations
between the US and Iran.
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- During the phone conversations, the Egyptian top diplomat
was briefed by Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood
Albusaidi, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and US envoy Steve
Witkoff on the latest developments of the third round of talks, which was held
Saturday in the Omani capital Muscat, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a
statement.
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- Abdelatty affirmed Egypt's full support for all
initiatives aimed at reaching political solutions through dialogue and
negotiation, which enhance the chances of achieving security and stability in
the region, Xinhua news agency reported.
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- He expressed his hope that the negotiations would lead to
a balanced political settlement that would contribute to easing tensions in the
region.
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- Oman has been facilitating the dialogue between Iran and
the United States to help narrow differences between the two countries and
promote regional stability. With the Omani mediation, the first round of
Iran-US talks was held in Muscat on April 12, and the second round a week later
in Rome.
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- Earlier Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi
expressed satisfaction with the latest round of indirect talks between Iran and
the US.
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- He made the remarks on Saturday while speaking to
reporters at the end of the third round of the indirect negotiations between
delegations from the two sides in the Omani capital Muscat, headed by him and
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, on Tehran's nuclear program
and the removal of Washington's sanctions.
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