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Iran asks for EU explicit proposal at nuclear negotiation
www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-05 04:42:42

    TEHRAN, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- An Iranian diplomat said on Thursday asked the European Union (EU) to offer a specified proposal at Friday's nuclear negotiation in Paris, the official IRNA news agency reported.

    "The two parties would prefer to hold the talks in a positive, constructive and ambiguity-free atmosphere," Pirouz Hosseini, Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was quoted as saying.

    He did not rule out a possibility of an agreement reached during the Paris meeting, saying that it would clearly be dependent on the EU proposals.

    "Iran has time and again stressed that it could agree to voluntary and definite suspension of the enrichment program," Hosseini stressed.

    Earlier, the Iranian delegation has arrived in Paris for the negotiation.

    The IAEA last month adopted a resolution, which urges Iran to suspend all of the activities related to uranium enrichment and fully cooperate with the inspectors to clear up all related issues.

    The resolution has been criticized and rejected by Iran, which termed it as "illegal".

    The European trio of France, Germany and Britain has offered to supply Iran with necessary nuclear technology and equipments, including a light-water reactor, in return for Tehran's unlimited suspension of uranium enrichment during their two rounds of fruitless talks in Vienna late October.

    Iran at first termed the proposal as "unacceptable", but softened its stance later.

    Tehran has been denying the US accusation of developing nuclear weapons, asserting that it is politically motivated and Iran's nuclear research is fully peaceful. Enditem

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