LONDON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- World major countries
negotiating with Iran have agreed on a revamped offer of incentives to try to
coax the country into rolling back its disputed nuclear program, British Foreign
Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
"We've got an agreement on an offer that will be made
to the government of Iran," Miliband said following a meeting of foreign
ministers of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and of Germany
held here.
The British foreign secretary said that the details
of the offer could not be revealed so far.
Miliband said the ministers have just had a "positive
and productive meeting" to talk about the next steps in "our approach to the
grave problem that we see in respect of Iran's nuclear program."
"Firstly, we are united in our belief that the threat
posed by this enrichment program to stability is very serious and it's one that
we want to address directly," Miliband said in a statement on behalf of the
ministers after the meeting.
"Secondly, we are united in our determination to
pursue a twin-track strategy. Last month, at our instigation the UN Security
Council passed Resolution 1803 setting out a range of sanctions, the third set
of sanctions against Iran," he said.
"But we've always been clear that should be
accompanied by an offer to Iran showing the benefits of engagement and
cooperation with the international community. And our meeting today has been
dedicated towards taking the offer that we made in June 2006, reviewing it and
updating it, and I'm glad to say that we've got agreement on an offer that will
be made to the government of Iran," Miliband said.
He said the parties will be transmitting that offer
to the government of Iran, hoping that the Iranian government will recognize the
seriousness and the sincerity with which the parties approached this issue and
that Iran will respond "in a timely manner" to the suggestions that the parties
made.
The six parties have previously promised to sweeten
the package of political, security and economic incentives they put on the table
in June 2006 if Iran suspends its enrichment of uranium.
The incentives offered in 2006 included an offer by
the United States to provide Iran with peaceful nuclear technology, lift some
sanctions and conduct direct negotiations with Tehran.