Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the U.S. Wednesday to join talks on a nuclear fuel swap deal, reiterating that Tehran was ready to start talks near the end of the month.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the
U.S.
Wednesday to join talks on a nuclear fuel swap deal, reiterating that
Tehran
was
ready to start talks near the end of the month.
Ahmadinejad also repeated an offer to hold talks with U.S. President Barack
Obama on "global problems" at the U.N. General Assembly in September,
although
Washington
has
rebuffed his proposal.
"He (Obama) missed the opportunity last year for a fuel swap; today this
opportunity is on the table again," Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech
in the city of
Hamedan
in
western
Iran
.
"We are ready for talks based on respect, justice and
Iran
's
proposals after mid-Ramadan (late August) and we advise him (Obama) not to miss
this opportunity," Ahmadinejad said.
Iran
said
Sunday it was seeing a "positive" feedback from the
Vienna
group--
U.S.
,
Russia
and
France--over the proposal brokered by
Brazil
and
Turkey
to
supply
Tehran
with
nuclear fuel.
The May 17 proposal by
Iran
,
Turkey
and
Brazil
,
known as the Tehran Declaration, stipulates that
Iran
send
1,200 kilogrammes (2,645 pounds) of its low-enriched uranium to
Turkey
in
return for 20% high-enriched uranium to be supplied by
Russia
and
France
at a
later date.
The world powers led by
Washington
had
previously cold-shouldered the plan, and backed a fourth round of U.N.
sanctions against
Iran
on
June 9.
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