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Even though the US and Russia have agreed to find a solution for the Iranian nuclear issue by conducting diplomatic dialogues, they also added that new sanctions may be adopted, if Iran fails to deliver a response.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mentioned that he and Barack Obama have understood the Iran's nuclear dossier in a comprehensive way while they met. He also added that Russia does not have any issue for cooperating with the US on Iran's nuclear issue.
"Our task is to create a system of incentives that would allow the peaceful use of nuclear energy by Iran on the one hand, and would rule out the creation of nuclear weapons on the other," Medvedev said after the meeting.
"Russia's position is quite simple: sanctions rarely produce a positive result, but sometimes they are inevitable," he said.
"This should be resolved diplomatically and I am on record as being committed to negotiate with Iran in a serious fashion to resolve this issue," Obama said in his turn.
"We also both agree that if Iran does not respond to serious negotiations and resolve this issue in a way that assures the international community that it's meeting its commitments, and is not developing nuclear weapons, then we will have to take additional actions, and serious additional sanctions remain a possibility," the US president added.
Meanwhile, Iran has agreed to discuss its nuclear programme with Russia, the US, China, Britain, France and Germany Oct 1.
