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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed
Jalili (L) smiles before a meeting on nuclear issues with U.S.
Undersecretary of State William Burns (R) and E.U. foreign policy chief
Javier Solana (not pictured) at the Town Hall in Geneva July 19,
2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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TEHRAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator Saeed Jalili and European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier
Solana on Monday called for "positive air" over Tehran's nuclear issue, the
official IRNA news agency reported.
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E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana
is pictured before a meeting on nuclear issues with Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator Saeed Jalili at the Town Hall in Geneva July 19,
2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Jalili and Solana made the remarks during their
telephone conversation on Monday, IRNA reported, quoting the secretariat of
Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
"In the telephone conversation between Jalili and
Solana this afternoon, both sides stressed that the course of the talks requires
positive and constructive air," it said.
"Both sides also agreed that in the following days
they will keep their negotiations and contacts," it added.
Their talks came just two days after an informal
deadline for Iran to answer a package of incentives aimed at persuading it to
suspend its disputed uranium enrichment activities.
Iran did not give any answer by the Saturday deadline
concerning the package.
On June 14, Solana handed the offer of incentives to
the Iranian authorities on behalf of France, Britain, Russia, China, the United
States and Germany during his visit to Tehran in a bid to persuade Iran to halt
uranium enrichment.
During the visit, representatives of five of the six
countries, except the U.S., also took part in talks with senior Iranian
officials.
On June 19, talks were held in Geneva, Switzerland
between Jalili and Solana in the presence of U.S. Undersecretary of State
William Burns and senior diplomats from China, Russia, Britain, France and
Germany.
In the meeting, Iran gave no clear answer to the
package of incentives, though western diplomats said the country was asked to
make a response within two weeks.
Iran has also presented its own package of proposals,
which is aimed to help resolve regional and international problems, including
Iran's nuclear issue.
In early July, a letter signed by Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki concerning the package of incentives proposed by six
major countries was delivered to Solana by Tehran's ambassador to Brussels.
Iran vows no nuclear retreat on
deadline day
BEIJING, Aug. 3 -- Iran said on Saturday it
would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing
defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's
disputed atomic ambitions.
Western officials gave Tehran two weeks from July 19
to respond to their offer to hold off from imposing more UN sanctions on Iran if
it froze any expansion of its nuclear work. Full story
Syrian president in Tehran for nuclear
talks
TEHRAN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad started his two-day visit here on Saturday for nuclear
talks with Iranian leaders, local satellite Press TV reported.
Assad arrived in Tehran with a high ranking
delegation including his Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Full story
German FM urges Iran to give clear
answer to nuclear offer
BERLIN,
Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Saturday
urged Iran to stop dallying and give a clear answer to a nuclear offer presented
by the international community.
"I appealed again to Iran not to play with time any longer
and give a usable answer to the proposal we offered," Steinmeier was quoted as
saying in an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel. Full story
Iranian FM: No nuclear deadline set in
Tehran talks
TEHRAN, July 31
(Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said no deadline was
agreed upon during last month's meeting between Iran and major powers for Tehran
to answer a package of incentives, Iran's English-language satellite channel
Press TV reported Thursday.
"No deadline was agreed upon during our meetings in
Tehran," Mottaki was quoted as saying at a press conference following the final
session of the 15th Ministerial Conference of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in
Tehran late Wednesday. Full story
