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Iran has till end June to answer proposal
EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana has told Iran that world powers expect an answer by June 29 to their offer of nuclear talks in return for Tehran's suspending uranium enrichment, diplomats said on Monday. "June 29 (when G8 foreign ministers are to meet in Moscow) is more or less a deadline," a senior European diplomat said.The G8 foreign ministers will be preparing a G8 summit in St Petersburg, Russia, to be held from July 15-17. The diplomat said that Solana had given the Iranians this unofficial deadline when he presented them with a package of possible trade, security and technology benefits, on behalf of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States on June 6 in Tehran. "Solana said that. That this was the deadline," for answering the world powers proposal, the diplomat said. Posted by: Fred 2006-06-20 |
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