Jalili: Iran won't forego its legitimate rights

Iran will never give up it obvious rights, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has stressed during his talks with the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

Jalili, who also serves as the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made it clear during frank discussions with Solana that Iran will, under no circumstances, be dissuaded from safeguarding its legitimate rights.

Speaking this morning during the first round of the talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Jalili highlighted the importance of a total nuclear disarmament across the globe while elaborating on the framework of Iran's package of proposals that was delivered to the P5+1 group on September 9, covering economic, international, political and security issues.

Iran's chief negotiator also called for the need to come up with the necessary projections and facilitations in setting up the groundwork for a global disarmament.

After the conclusion of the first round of the talks in the morning, Iran's delegation participated in a number of "unofficial" multilateral sessions with some of the other participants, where Jalili again emphasized the rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran and explained features of Iran's package of proposal.

The second round of the talks between Iran and the P5+1 group consisting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Russia, China, USA, France and the UK- plus Germany were scheduled to commence at 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT).