TEHRAN – A top Foreign Ministry official, while referring to Canada’s desire to resume diplomatic relations with Iran, said remaining technical issues need to be resolved by the Canadian side in order to resume relations.

Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh, the general director of American Affairs Department in Iran’s Foreign Ministry, made the remarks on the sidelines of the first conference on “History of Iran’s Foreign Relations” in Tehran, Mehr reported.

“So far, five rounds of talks have been held between the two parties at the expert level and an Iranian delegation is slated to make a visit to Canada following Christmas holidays,” he said.

MH/PA