Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has evaded a question on the necessity to inspect Zionist regime’s nuclear facilities, saying the Iranian nuclear issue is the question at hand. Ban told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday “Now, the current issue is on how the international community should address the Iranian nuclear issue.” He stressed the importance of building international trust and confidence about Iran's nuclear energy program and expressed hope that the issue would be settled through negotiations. The UN head added I welcome this recent meeting between the 5+1group and Iran in Istanbul. I sincerely hope that they will continue to resolve this issue through dialogue.” He was referring to a meeting between Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the 5+1 group- Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany - in a follow-up to their previous negotiations on Iran’s nuclear energy program. The meeting took place in the Turkish city of Istanbul late on Tuesday. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 16th NAM Summit in Tehran on August 30, Ban called on Tehran to continue cooperation with the UN nuclear agency and negotiations with the 5+1 group in an attempt to resolve concerns over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program. He also advised the 5+1 group to avoid using threats as a means of resolving Iran’s nuclear issue.