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EU: Iran Ready to Resume Nuclear Talks

   VOA News 29 October 2010
   EU  foreign  policy  chief  Catherine  Ashton delivers a speech at the
   European Parliament 16 June 2010

Photo: AFP

   EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton (file photo)

   The European Union's foreign policy chief says Iran is ready to resume
   talks about its nuclear program.
   Catherine Ashton told reporters in Brussels Friday that she received a
   letter  from  Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, saying he
   is prepared to restart talks after November 10.
   Ashton called the offer an "important development."
   The  EU  foreign  policy  chief  had  proposed  meeting with Jalili in
   mid-November  on  behalf of the P5 + 1, which includes Germany and the
   five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.
   The  Security  Council  has imposed four sets of sanctions on Iran for
   its  refusal  to  stop enriching uranium, which can be used to develop
   nuclear weapons.
   Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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