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Solana, Larijani agree to continue Iran nuclear program talks

Iran Materials 11 July 2006 19:46 (UTC +04:00)

(RIA Novosti) - EU foreign policy Chief Javier Solana and Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said Tuesday they had agreed to continue talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program.

Solana presented a package of incentives for Iran, which many countries suspect of pursuing a secret weapons program, in return for its consent to halt uranium enrichment during his visit to the Islamic Republic on June 6, reports Trend.

Solana and Larijani, the secretary of the influential Supreme National Security Council, said they intended to resume contacts after a meeting in Paris Wednesday of foreign ministers from the six nations working on the problem.

Brussels had hoped Iran would give an answer today to the proposals from the Iran-6 - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany - but this did not happen.

Earlier Larijani said Iran would not undertake commitments regarding its nuclear program within imposed terms. Iran should have time to make any decision, he said.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would respond to the Iran-6's package of incentives by August 22.

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