Friday, October 29, 2010

Iran Agrees To New Nuclear Talks

Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs. © RIA Novosti. Vladimir Fedorenko

Iran Agrees To Nuclear Talks As Sanctions Bite -- The Telegraph

Iran has succumbed to international pressure to enter talks on its nuclear programme with the EU's top diplomat next month, after the country suffered a series of economic setbacks as sanctions began to bite.

Baroness Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, who is envoy of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany will meet with Saeed Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator after November 10.

She said: "This is a very significant move and we're now in touch with Iran to see whether we can agree the time and place as quickly as possible." Baroness Ashton secured the talks – the first in more than a year – by dropping an insistence that the discussions focus only on Iran's uranium enrichment programme to concede that its wider interests could be included.

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More News On Negotiations With Iran On Its Nuclear Program

Iran agrees to new nuclear talks -- L.A. Times
Iran agrees to resume nuclear talks in November -- BBC
Iran 'agrees to resume nuclear talks': EU's Ashton -- AFP
Iran Accepts Invitation to Nuclear Negotiations -- Global Security Newswire
Iran open to fresh talks on nuclear stand-off -- Financial Times
Iran nuclear envoy 'agreeable' to talks -- CNN
EU: Iran Ready to Resume Nuclear Talks -- Voice of America
Iran agrees to talks with world powers -- Washington Post
Iran agrees to resume nuclear talks with G5+1 in November -- Xinhuanet

My Comment: Another round in this dog and pony show.

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