Iran says nearing "united view" with EU in some areas

ANKARA, Apr 26 (Reuters) - Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Thursday Iran and the European Union were approaching ''a united view'' in some areas of their nuclear talks.

''I think in some areas we are approaching a united view.

This is to say that the best approach is to settle all the issues through negotiations based on law and international rules and regulations,'' Larijani told a joint news conference with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Turkish capital Ankara before the two men resumed their talks on the nuclear issue.

Yesterday, Solana and Larijani said they had made progress at their Ankara talks, designed to end a standoff over Iran's uranium enrichment programme that the West fears could be used for the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

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