Baku-APA. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that "excessive demands" by some powers at nuclear talks will be detrimental to the negotiations, media reported, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
"At the recent Geneva talks, good progress was made, but everyone must realize that excessive demands could complicate the process towards a win-win agreement," Rouhani said in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
"From our point of view, there should not be a situation in which the will of parties to reach mutually acceptable agreement is affected," Rouhani was quoted as saying.
The Iranian president did not expand on the "excessive demands, " but western media reported on Monday that French President Francois Hollande has put forward some major demands to Iran ahead of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 -- the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany -- set to begin on Wednesday.
Iran should take four "essential" steps: "First: put all the Iranian nuclear installations under international supervision right now. Second: suspend enrichment to 20 percent. Third: reduce the existing stockpile of enriched uranium," Hollande said on Sunday in Israel.
"Finally: halt construction of the Arak (heavy water) plant. These are the points which for us are essential to guarantee any agreement," he said according to western media.
On Monday, the Russian president told Rouhani in the phone conversation that there is a "real chance" to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
Putin and Rouhani also discussed the latest developments in Syria and expressed support for efforts to convene an international peace conference to end the conflict in the Arab country, said Press TV.
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