In a meeting, on Wednesday in Berlin, between visiting Iranian foreign minister, Dr Kamal Kharrazi, and his German counterpart, Joschka Fischer, the two sides put bilateral relations and international and regional issues under discussion.

At the meeting, Dr Kharrazi elaborated on the negotiations between Iran and the Europe and said: The Islamic Republic of Iran hopes that the trend of the current talks would advance seriously, and be a sign of the Europe`s serious and meaningful determination to advance the talks qualitatively.

Referring to the adoption of negative approaches by the third parties, Dr Kharrazi said: Threatening will not have positive effect on the trend of talks.

Expounding on the atmosphere of the current talks, Dr Kharrazi said: The process of confidence building and understanding, along with offering logical and practical solutions can bring about fruitful results.

He further said: Peaceful nuclear programs in Germany and Japan can be a suitable model for nuclear programs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and constitute a basis for any solution in the talks.

Turning to the issue of elections in Iraq and its results, Dr Kharrazi said: The Islamic Republic of Iran, from the very beginning has supported the process of elections and establishment of a legitimate and legal government in Iraq, based on the votes of the people and participation of all religious and ethnic groups of the country, and hopes that formation of interim government of Iraq, would be an important step towards solving the crisis in that country and pullout of alien forces.

Referring to the developments in the Middle East, Dr Kharrazi said: The problems of the Middle East emanates from lack of attention to the main roots of the crisis and unilateral support of the US to Zionist regime.

Ignoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinians cannot be in line with the solution to the problems in that region, he added. The two foreign ministers also discussed and exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan, as well as other international developments.