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| UN nuclear chief supports US-Iran nuclear talks |
| 2009-01-31 |
| The UN nuclear chief said on Thursday that Iran should fully disclose its nuclear programmes at the same time the US starts dialogue with Tehran without preconditions. Iran's foreign minister said President Barack Obama must declare how his policies will differ from former President George Bush's. The manoeuvring over possible US Iranian dialogue came as Mohammad Al Baradei welcomed Obama's statements that the new US administration was willing to talk to Iran after the Bush administration's refusal to deal with Tehran. In an interview on Tuesday, Obama condemned Iran's threats to destroy Israel and its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons, but added: "It is important for us to be willing to talk to Iran, to express very clearly where our differences are, but where there are potential avenues for progress." "That is the way to go," Al Baradei said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "It is long overdue." "Iran should answer technical questions from the IAEA and the dialogue should start without preconditions," Al Baradei said in the presence of Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. |
| Posted by:Fred |