Iran Offers 2 Pages And No Ground In Nuclear Talks

From The International Herald Tribune:

PARIS: The Iranians called their proposal a "None paper."

Indeed, for officials of the six countries sitting on the other side of the table, the paper addressed none of their ideas for resolving the crisis over Iran's nuclear program.

Instead, the informal two-page document that Iran distributed at nuclear talks in Geneva on Saturday ignored the main six-power demand on curbing Iran's enrichment of uranium and called for concessions from the other side.

The title of the English-language text had two mistakes. "The Modality for Comrehensive Negotiations (None paper)," it read, according to a copy obtained by The New York Times. (Diplomatic jargon for an unofficial negotiating document is "nonpaper.")

For the six powers — the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany — the paper's substance was just as disappointing as its style. Sergei Kisliak, the Russian deputy foreign minister, could not suppress a laugh when he read it, according to one participant.

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My Comment: Typo errors, two pages of bland talking of what must be agreed upon before the bland talking is to begin again. After many years of discussion ..... this is the end result.

From afar, the impression I have is that this is all a joke. The Iranians do not have a viable nuclear program and are just doing this to see what they can get ..... or they have a comprehensive program and they do not want anyone to put roadblocks on their way to achieving their goals.

You figure it out.