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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a press conference during the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul on May 9, 2011. - AFP Photo
ISTANBUL: Iran will respond “soon” to the European Union on resuming nuclear talks stalled since January, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday.
“I think the response ... will soon be sent by the relevant authorities in Iran to (EU foreign policy chief Catherine) Ashton,” Ahmadinejad said on the sidelines of an international development conference.
“We welcome the wish of the 5+1 Group 5+to return to the path of negotiations once again,” he added, referring to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. “We have always been ready for talks, and we are ready today.”
