Iran, U.S. Direct Talks Proposal Received Optimistically In Tehran

Tehran 'Optimistic' About Direct Talks With U.S.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, speaks to reporters on the third day of the 49th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday Feb. 3, 2013. Iran's foreign minister is welcoming the United States' willingness to hold direct talks with Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program but isn't committing to accepting the offer. Vice President Joe Biden told the security conference Saturday the U.S. is prepared to talk directly with Iran but insisted Tehran must show it is serious. Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi told the same conference Sunday that Iran views recent U.S. statements "with positive consideration." (AP Photo/dpa, Tobias Hase)
Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, speaks to reporters on the third day of the 49th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday Feb. 3, 2013. Iran's foreign minister is welcoming the United States' willingness to hold direct talks with Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program but isn't committing to accepting the offer. Vice President Joe Biden told the security conference Saturday the U.S. is prepared to talk directly with Iran but insisted Tehran must show it is serious. Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi told the same conference Sunday that Iran views recent U.S. statements "with positive consideration." (AP Photo/dpa, Tobias Hase)

BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday he saw U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's offer this weekend of bilateral dialogue between their two countries as a sign of a change in approach by the new U.S. administration.

"As I have said yesterday, I am optimistic, I feel this new administration is really seeking this time to at least divert from its previous traditional approach vis a vis my country," he told the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. (Reporting by Stephen Brown, editing by Gareth Jones)

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