Iran's response to new offer to rely
on answers to Tehran package
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Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki (L) welcomes EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Tehran June
14, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's answer to a new
offer of trade and other incentives by six major powers will be based on logical
and constructive answers to Iran's package, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki said on Saturday after receiving an updated package of incentives.
During talks with visiting European Union (EU)
foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Mottaki said Iran is still waiting for
"clear" answers to Iran's package from six main powers --- Britain, the United
States, China, France, Germany and Russia, according to a Foreign Ministry
statement. Full stoy
Bush, Merkel agree to put diplomacy
first on Iran
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U.S. President George W. Bush
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Merkel at the Schloss Meseberg in Meseberg June 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters
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BERLIN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. President
George W. Bush agreed Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to put
diplomacy first in solving Iran's controversial nuclear program.
Bush, who is on a two-day visit to Germany after
attending the EU-U.S. summit in Slovenia, made the remarks at a joint press
conference with Merkel. Full story
Solana hopes Iran trip restarts
process to resolve nuke crisis
BRUSSELS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said here Wednesday that he hopes his forthcoming trip to Iran
would restart the process for settling the Iranian nuclear crisis.
"We hope very much there will be a positive outcome of the
visit and that it will not be just one visit, that it will be a process that
restarts again in trying to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis," Solana
said at a joint press conference with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi. Full story
Bush threatens Iran with new
sanctions
BRDO, Slovenia, June 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush threatened on Tuesday to seek more sanctions against Iran for its
nuclear program.
"A group of countries can send a clear message to the
Iranians," Bush said, referring to a new proposal from Britain, China, France,
Germany, Russia and the United States. Full story
