Iran to West: Don't cross red lines
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
Iran told Britain not to cross any 'red lines' before the six major powers prepared incentives for Tehran, the Foreign Minister says.
"As per its evaluation of regional and trans-regional developments and crises, Iran is preparing an incentive package that would pave the way to constructive negotiations on these problems," said Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
The general outline of the incentive package was discussed with a Russian delegation visiting Tehran recently to inform them of Iran's motivations and aims, the Iranian minister told reporters at a joint conference with his Yemeni counterpart on Saturday.
In a meeting with acting Russian Security Council Secretary Valentin Sobolev in Tehran on April 28, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Tehran will soon unveil a package of proposals which aims at solving the world problems.
On yesterday's meeting of six major powers in London, Mottaki recalled that he was informed of the gathering by his British counterpart David Miliband in Kuwait.
"I told him not to use the forbidden words, nor to cross the red lines," the top Iranian diplomat stated in reference to pressures to make Iran suspend its nuclear program.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Interfax and ITAR-TASS news agencies Saturday that the world's six major powers have called on Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment during a period of talks over Iran's nuclear program.
In a Friday statement, Miliband said that world powers had prepared a new package of incentives in order to persuade the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear activities.
Washington and its allies accuse the Islamic Republic of pursuing nuclear weaponry. Tehran, however, insists that its nuclear activities are solely aimed at producing electricity for its growing needs.
Iran, a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has stressed that it would not budge an inch from its inalienable right to develop nuclear energy for civilian purposes.
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Source: www.presstv.ir
