Iran says talks can resolve nuclear standoff

DAKAR, Sep 14 (Reuters) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today said he believed his dispute with the West over his country's nuclear programme could be resolved through negotiations and that he was open to ''new conditions''.

''We are partisan to dialogue and negotiation and we believe that we can resolve the problems in a context of dialogue and of justice together,'' Ahmadinejad told a midnight news conference during a visit to Senegal's capital Dakar.

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