Germany to Iran, stop enrichment and we can talk

Berlin, Jun 24: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today said Iran had to halt nuclear enrichment if it wanted to begin negotiations with 6 world powers on an offer of incentives made to Tehran.

''I can only reiterate and urge Iran to implement very quickly a suspension of enrichment to enable negotiations to begin,'' he told reporters in Berlin after a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Mottaki, however, responded by saying Iran did not want any conditions to be imposed on the start of talks.

''We welcome negotiations without pre-conditions,'' he said.

REUTERS