Iran (Nuclear Talks)

Frank Roy Excerpts
Tuesday 25th November 2014

(9 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Indeed. Iran’s neighbours seek an absolute guarantee that it will not be able to use its civil nuclear programme to develop the capability to build a bomb.

Frank Roy Portrait Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)
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There are many other middle east countries with legitimate security concerns who are not at the negotiations. Can the Secretary of State tell the House whether their concerns were addressed in Vienna?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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If the hon. Gentleman is referring to the Gulf countries, I can say that all of the E3 participants have regular discussions with Gulf colleagues, and indeed with Israeli Government representatives. We are very much aware of the views of other countries in the region who are not represented around the table.