Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Cho Hyun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, held a telephone conversation today, Friday, September 18, to discuss bilateral and international issues.
The two sides also exchanged views regarding the upcoming vote at the United Nations Security Council on the draft resolution proposed by Seoul to lift sanctions against Iran.
Araghchi, referring to the purely peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program, stressed that Iran has always considered diplomacy as the only way to resolve international issues, including its nuclear program, and is ready to pursue any fair and balanced solution that guarantees mutual interests.
He said that South Korea, as the rotating president of the Security Council—whose primary
