Following a Thursday meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the two diplomats issued a joint statement, agreeing that the legal representatives of the two countries continue discussions in Geneva in October in an attempt to set up the mechanism compatible with the legal systems of both countries.
The two sides agreed that the negotiations will continue until Iran and Argentina reach a consensus over how to resolve the existing misunderstandings about the 1994 bomb attack on Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires that claimed the lives of 85 people and left 300 wounded.
Under intense political pressure from the US and the Israeli regime, Argentina formally accused Iran of carrying out the attack.
The Islamic Republic has vehemently denied any involvement in the terrorist incident.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier expressed optimism for the enhancement of the Tehran-Buenos Aires ties.
At a Wednesday press conference in New York, Ahmadinejad pointed to the commonalities between Iran and Argentina and expressed Tehran’s willingness to enhance ties with Buenos Aires.
The Iranian chief executive called for the formation of a fact-finding committee to resolve the existing misunderstandings.
The Argentinean government welcomed the initiative and expressed hope that the negotiations between the two countries’ foreign ministers will help resolve the issues.
On Friday, the embassy of the Israeli regime in Buenos Aires expressed concern over the development and warned Argentina against the upshot of the decision.
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