Tehran softens stance on nuclear talks

Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, said 16 August 2006 that his country was ready to negotiate about suspending uranium enrichment, the most sensitive part of its nuclear programme.

Council of the European Union: Press Release, S231, 2006 (20.8.06) http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/declarations/90847.pdf

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