Brussels – EU Says Iran Not Responded To Nuclear Talks Proposal

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    FILE - Michael Mann, spokesman of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, speaks to the media May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen Brussels – The European Union has proposed a time and place for further talks on Iran’s nuclear program, but Iran has yet to respond, an EU spokesman said on Friday.

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    Iran said earlier on Friday it had agreed to resume talks in January with six major powers – represented by the EU – but the EU spokesman said Tehran had not yet replied to proposals made on December 31.

    “We offered dates and a venue, but we are still waiting to hear back from Iran,” said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, who leads negotiations on behalf of the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany and China.

    Mann declined to say which dates and venue the EU had proposed.

    The countries involved in the talks – particularly in the West – want to rein in Iran’s uranium enrichment work – which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes only but which produces material which, if processed further, can be used to make nuclear bombs.

    There was no breakthrough in three rounds of talks since April 2012. But neither side has been willing to break off totally, partly because of concerns this could lead to war if Israel attacks Iran – something it has threatened to do if the Islamic Republic looks close to getting nuclear weapons


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    Benny
    Benny
    11 years ago

    Is EU so naive or real stupid?

    Normal
    Normal
    11 years ago

    ……and they never will.

    Read my lips ‘we will destroy the USA and Israel.” Which part don’t you understand?

    PS Is naive and real stupid the same?

    honestbroker
    honestbroker
    11 years ago

    No kidding?
    At what point will the EU finally acknowledge what we have all known for years . The Iranians are playing you like a fine tuned stratavarius