Following President Ahmadinejad's re-election, European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana says that the EU will continue its dialogue with Iran, Press TV reported.
In a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Sunday, Solana said that "the EU's position on Iran's nuclear issue will continue to be the same after the election."
The remarks came after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retained his position as the Islamic Republic's president following a landslide victory in the June 12 election.
"Analysis of the elections and the consequences of the elections in Iran will take some time. It is not a country which is easy to analyze in 24 hours," he said, referring to claims of 'irregularities' in the election process by Iran's opposition candidates.
Having lost the election to Ahmadinejad, presidential hopefuls Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi cried foul alleging that there were some electoral violations in the historic vote.
This is while the Interior Ministry has verified the authenticity of the ballot, ruling out the possibility of any 'irregularity'.
Solana added that the EU will be ready to cooperate with Iran in the production of energy, should Tehran ask for it. "But we will not accept the production of nuclear weapons."
The West, spearheaded by Israel and its closest ally, the US, has accused Iran of pursuing atomic bombs through its nuclear program.
Tehran, a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, denies the charges saying that its nuclear program is 'civilian' and solely aimed at generating electricity.
In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in its latest report, said that the agency continues "to verify the non-diversion" of Iran's nuclear work.
...