Iran hopes EU meeting yields acceptable formula

Tehran, Apr 26: Iran hopes talks with the European Union will help arrive at a formula that all sides can accept to solve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear work, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today said.

''We hope that these talks would continue until we arrive at a formula acceptable to all sides,'' Mottaki told a news conference in Tehran. He spoke in Farsi but his remarks were dubbed in Arabic by al-Alam television which carried the event.

Iran and the EU resumed talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in Turkey today. The West fears Iran wants to make an atomic bomb but Tehran says its atomic activities are only aimed at generating electricity.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said in Ankara earlier today he expected the EU to float new ideas at the talks to try to end the nuclear standoff.

Hopes for a breakthrough between Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana were dampened in the run-up by a new Iranian vow not to stop enrichment despite sanctions pressure from the UN Security Council.

Reuters

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