PARIS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- France would not accept any new demand from Iran over its nuclear program, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day after the Islamic republic rejected an international proposal to resolve the issue.

    If dialogue "needs to be continued" with Iran, there won't be anything "on technical issues," French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said in a regular press briefing.

    The ministry underlined that Iran on Wednesday clearly rejected an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plan to process more than 70 percent of its stocks of low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad.

    The plan was enthusiastically backed by Western countries and the United Nations, while Iran's delay in responding until after anew IAEA report on its Qom reactor has raised suspicions Iran has more hidden nuclear enrichment sites.

    "We will evaluate the consequences of the response with our partners of '5+1' (the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, which has been negotiating with Iran)," Valero said.

    Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that Iran was ready for more talks with world powers and would like to consider a simultaneous exchange of uranium for fuel for a Tehran reactor.

    Top diplomats of the "5+1" group are expected to meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss ways to respond to Iran's refusal to reach a nuclear deal.