TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said on Saturday that he hoped for a positive response from Iran
soon to the nuclear incentives package offered by the six major world powers.
"I hope that the answer will be soon and positive,"
Solana told a press conference after talks with Iranian officials on Saturday.
EU foreign policy chief Javier
Solana, speaks to the press while attending a news conference at
residency of German's Ambassador in Tehran on Saturday June 14,
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"It is an offer that is going to be considered (by
Iran) and we are waiting for the answer that they hope will be soon," he said,
adding the offer is "full of opportunities for Iran" and may become the
"starting point for real negotiations."
"We fully recognize Iran's rights to nuclear energy
for peaceful purposes," said Solana, stressing the need to build trust in "the
peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program."
He said: "We want to have a fully normalized
relationship in all the fields, in particular the nuclear field."
Solana, meanwhile, noted that the six major world
powers want Iran to suspend enrichment during negotiations regarding the offer.
"We continue to ask for suspension, suspension during the time of negotiations
and we will (then) see the outcome of negotiations."
Iran's government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said
on Saturday that the country will reject any nuclear deal offered by major world
powers that demands a suspension of its uranium enrichment.
Solana, who arrived in Tehran late on Friday for
talks aimed at solving Iran's standoff with the West over its nuclear program,
held meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Saeed Jalili,
the country's top nuclear negotiator and Secretary of the Supreme National
Security Council.
Iran's answer to the new offer of trade and other
incentives by six major powers will be based on logical and constructive answers
to Iran's package, Mottaki said after receiving the package delivered by
Solana.
TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's government spokesman
Gholam Hossein Elham said on Saturday that the country will reject any nuclear
deal offered by major world powers that demands a suspension of its uranium
enrichment, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Iran's stance is clear. The precondition of a halt and
suspension of nuclear activities cannot be brought up," Elham said, as European
Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana is in Tehran on Saturday to
present a new offer over Iran's disputed nuclear program. Full story
