Sergei Ryabkov
Russia called for the immediate resumption of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany).
Speaking to radio Voice of Russia on Thursday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said there is no reason to postpone the talks.
Now that [we] have been cleared who has the final say in the US foreign policy, there is no reason to delay talks between the two sides, he said.
"We should take action to proceed with talks between the two sides as Tehran as well as other states know
that who decides the US foreign policy," the Russian diplomat said.
Once again we invite all parties to come back to negotiating table, he said.
Late in October, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the world powers in talks with Tehran, said she would soon have talks with Iran's lead negotiator Saeed Jalili.
Iran and the Group 5+1 have held several rounds of talks this year.
Comment: The extramarital affair excuse just doesn't make any sense. "Petraeus was scheduled to testify next week on Capitol Hill in hearings on the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador and two CIA security officers, in Libya in September. U.S. officials said Friday that the controversy surrounding that attack - and the administration's shifting explanations for it - played no role in Petraeus's decision to resign." Whatever Patraeus's role was during the Benghazi attacks, the opposite of what 'officials' are saying seems more plausible.
On October 26th the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. "
William Kristol at the Weekly Standard wrote: Human Events reports: