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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9265
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iran/nuclear

Report on meeting between Messrs Solana and Larijani

Brussels, 14/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The meeting between Javier Solana and the Iranian negotiator on the nuclear issue Ari Larijani, scheduled for 14 September, has been postponed to an as yet unspecified future date. Their respective collaborators, Robert Cooper and Javad Vaidi, however, met in Geneva on Thursday, Mr Solana's cabinet told EUROPE. On Friday, the High Representative will inform the Council of his meeting with Mr Larijani last weekend and will take stock of the situation. Additionally, following a more conciliatory approach, proposed by Berlin, the EU3 (France, Germany and the United Kingdom) on Wednesday adopted a compromise text for the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) favouring diplomacy over sanctions. “We continue to hold out a hand to Iran”, stresses an EU3 declaration. The EU3 promises to call for the suspension of the Security Council action if Tehran meets UN requests on freezing its uranium enrichment activities. In Dakar, on his way to Cuba for the Summit of non-aligned nations, President Ahmadinejad said, “We believe that we can resolve our problems in a framework of dialogue and justice, together. … We are ready to listen, we are ready for new conditions”.

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