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Iran rejects speedy response to incentives www.chinaview.cn 2006-06-30 04:23:26 UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday rejected calls from the six major powers to give a speedy answer to the incentive package aimed at ending the current crisis over Iran's nuclear programme. Mottaki told reporters at UN headquarters in New York that Iran is seriously and carefully reviewing the proposed package, stressing that "a response will be in August." Iran's response will be clear and substantive, he said, adding that the proposed package contains questions and ambiguities which must be cleared. Mottaki said Javier Solana, the European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, may be able to answer some of Tehran's questions in technical talks expected to be held early next month. However, "questions and ambiguities on the Iranian side are pending. Therefore, we welcome the discussions and negotiations for clarification of those ambiguities," he argued.

Bush Tells Iran To Decide On Proposals By July 5th Fri Jun 30, 2006 Reuters The United States reaffirmed on Friday it expected Iran to give a formal reply to a package of incentives to curb its nuclear activities at a meeting between its chief negotiator and European officials on July 5. "We expect and hope that (Ali) Larijani will give us the answer," UnderSecretary of State Nicholas Burns told a news briefing, referring to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator. "We always said that this is a process of weeks not months," he said, adding that the offer put to Iran was "quite straightforward." He said the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, would discuss whether Iran gave a clear response at a meeting scheduled for July 12. Burns said the major powers would look to take some "essential decisions" at the G8 summit in St Petersburg, Russia, on July 15.

Iran Tells Bush To Go Stuff Himself Friday, June 30 IranMania.com Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani dismissed any deadline set for Iran to respond to European package of incentives, saying such a subject is a mere propaganda and unreal, IRNA reported. "We have trodden a long path; in the past too, we had told the negotiating parties that they will gain nothing if they show tough approaches," said Larijani when asked by the press on the fate of negotiations with Europe on Iran's peaceful nuclear program. Defending Iran's right for peaceful use of nuclear activities, Larijani welcomed diplomacy and a negotiated solution to the case. "Our nation is for its rights; but defying the issue, they (the Europeans) sent our case to the UN Security Council, which was not a good job. They have however recently turned to solving the problem through negotiations, which is something right and we welcome it." He hoped Iran and Europe will succeed to solve the nuclear case through diplomacy. "If they are sincere and proceed in the talks rightly, we hope the negotiations would bear good results," he added. Elsewhere in the interview, Larijani said he will meet the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Spain next week. "In the next two weeks there will be talks with Mr Solana on our nuclear case; additionally, I will visit Spain next week, on the sidelines of which I will meet with Mr Solana," said Larijani.

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