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EU seeks Iran`s cooperation on nuclear program

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

London, Oct 20, IRNA -- Senior officials from Britain, France and 
Germany will travel to Tehran for talks on Iran`s nuclear program, 
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw announced Tuesday. 
Speaking at a joint press conference in London with his German 
counterpart, Joschka Fischer, Straw said the talks would be held by 
"political directors." 
"We hope very much this matter can be resolved finally within the 
Board of Governors (of the International Atomic Energy Agency) and 
not referred to the UN, but only time will tell," he said. 
Last weekend it was reported that the so-called EU-3 were 
preparing to offer an incentives package to Iran, including a 
commitment to resume stalled talks on an EU-Iran trade agreement and 
to give up any military aims to develop nuclear weapons. 
Fischer urged Iran "to fulfill its commitments and to avoid 
miscalculation that will lead us into a very serious situation" but 
also said that Britain, France and Germany wanted to encourage Iran 
to cooperate with the EU. 
"I want to underline that we are very much on the same track on 
Iran. We are very concerned about the developments and I think it`s 
very important that there is not a miscalculation in Tehran," he 
said. 
Straw said the three countries had worked very closely for the 
last 18 months and engaging with Iran for 15 months on the issue, 
but "Iran has yet to give us the confidence we need to have about 
its intentions." 
"We cannot go on indefinitely, but Iran could still give us that 
confidence before the next meeting of the IAEA board on 25 November 
by introducing an indefinite suspension of its enrichment and 
processing-related activities," he said. 
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