PARIS, Nov. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran is moving closer to a compromise with France, Britain and Germany which are trying to persuade it to give up its uranium enrichment program, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Friday.

    "The two sides are trying to reach some compromise. Up to now, every party has shown some flexibility and I see the chance of a final compromise after some hours," said Hossein Mousavian, head of the Iranian delegation.

    He told reporters that the two sides have been in a fresh roundhere after seven hours of "very delicate, complicated talks."

    The European side has made no public comment on the state of the talks. But agencies quoted sources close to the meeting as revealing that the European Union is pushing for an indefinite suspension of Iran's enrichment program while Tehran is offering asix-month suspension.

    The Paris meeting is aimed at finding a solution with Iran before a Nov. 25 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), at which the UN nuclear agency will decide whether to takeIran before the UN Security Council.

    The three biggest EU countries hoped to persuade Iran to stop uranium enrichment in exchange for EU nuclear technology.

    EU leaders said at the end of a two-day summit in Brussels on Friday afternoon that they would continue to push for the resolution of Iran's nuclear issue.

    They reaffirmed in a statement that the EU will work for a durable and cooperative long-term relationship with Iran, including political, commercial and technological dimensions.

    "A full and sustained suspension of all enrichment and reprocessing activities, on a voluntary basis, would open the doorfor talks on long-term cooperation offering mutual benefits," the statement said.

    Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, whose country is holding the rotating EU presidency, said the EU is expecting responses from the Iranian government to proposals of the EU trio.

    "This is a carrot-and-stick approach. Iran must agree to a fulland lasting suspension of reprocessing and enrichment activities,"he said.

    In exchange for this, the EU is willing to pursue its dialogue with Iran with a view to reaching a trade and political agreement,the minister said.

    Iran's supreme leader Seyed Ali Khamenei reiterated Friday thathis country is not intended to seek any military use of nuclear technology, according to the official IRNA news agency.

    "As we have often said, and even announced our jurisdiction decree on the issue, we are not after manufacturing, stockpiling, or taking practical advantage of any type of nuclear weapons," Khamenei was quoted as saying at a fasting worship ceremony.

    "We strongly believe that a solid and strong nation and government relying on a huge pious youth power is basically needless of nuclear weapons," Khamenei said.

    He further owed the US accusation on Tehran's nuclear program to Washington's unwillingness to accept its failure on sanctions against Iran.

    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."

    Tehran has been denying the US accusation of developing nuclearweapons, asserting that the accusation was politically motivated and Iran's nuclear research is for peaceful purposes only. Enditem