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Various ideas raised at Larijani-Solana meet: Hosseini

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, June 3, IRNA
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said here Sunday different ideas were raised at the Madrid meeting between Iran and EU which require more review and evaluation.

Hosseini was speaking to domestic and foreign reporters at his weekly press conference while pointing to the meeting held between Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani and the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Madrid, Spain, on May 31.

"It was agreed to discuss these ideas at expert level sessions," he said.

On more Iranian cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he added, "Our cooperation will be just within the frameworks of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the IAEA regulations."

In response to a question on the date of next talks between Larijani and Solana, the spokesman stated, "Based on an agreement between the sides, talks will be held within the next two weeks but expert sessions will be held before the meeting."

He added, "The issue of (uranium) suspension has not been raised during talks."

On a recent report by IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei that Iran has failed to provide answers to certain questions by the agency and whether Larijani had promised Solana to take action in this respect, he said:

"Iran is providing answers to IAEA questions and handling visits by its inspections within frameworks of regulations and agreements reached upon between Tehran and the IAEA."

He added, "It is possible to reach agreement on certain ambiguities if the Iranian nuclear case is sent back to IAEA." Hosseini also noted that the date and venue of the future talks between Iran and the US have not been determined yet.

"The outcome of the talks between the two sides in Baghdad is currently under study. Decisions will be made about the issue in due time," the spokesman stated.

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