Amirabdollahian to meet with UK Foreign Secretary Monday
U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will meet her Iranian counterpart on Monday.
Days into her new role, Truss will speak to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, her office said in an emailed statement.
“I will be asking Iran to ensure the immediate and permanent release of all detained British nationals in Iran, and to begin working with us to mend our fractured relations,” Truss said in the statement.
According to reports, Truss will also call on Iran to abide by its nuclear commitments, and reiterate a U.S. offer to lift sanctions if it does so.
“The U.K., U.S. and our international partners are fully committed to a nuclear deal,” Truss said in the statement. “But every day that Iran continues to delay talks whilst escalating its own nuclear program means there is less space for diplomacy.”
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