Solana, Iran have weeks to agree on talks: France
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France said on Sunday that EU foreign  policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than  months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran's nuclear  programme.
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European Union foreign  ministers agreed on Saturday to give Iran two more weeks to  clarify its stance on halting sensitive nuclear work after  Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to suspend uranium enrichment.
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"Next week in New York there will be discussions to try to have a resolution. If in the framework of the U.N. things are not sufficient, we will act in the European framework."  France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to 'negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite.'Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner also had said that European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt the enrichment of uranium in its nuclear program.Kouchner, who is on his first trip to Moscow as France's top diplomat, on Sunday said 'we must prepare ourselves for the worst' if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, and he specified that could mean a war. Read more
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali   Larijani offered a 2-month suspension of Tehran's nuclear   enrichment program in weekend talks with EU foreign policy   chief Javier Solana, an EU diplomat said on Sunday.
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Iran said on Sunday that the nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Paris were complicated but progressing, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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France said on Sunday that EU foreign   policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than   months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran's nuclear   programme.
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Iran's leaders agreed to answer all remaining questions about their country's past nuclear activities within four weeks in talks with the U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector, his spokeswoman said Sunday.
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana described talks here Saturday with Iran&#39;s nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as &quot;very constructive,&quot; adding that they would meet again next month.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Thursday that dialogue with Iran must continue even if talks about its nuclear program fail.
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France said on Wednesday world powers  must agree quickly on sanctions against Iran over its nuclear  program or put the credibility of the United Nations at risk.
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The European Union and Iran have made &quot;considerable progress&quot; in talks on Tehran&#39;s nuclear programme, a French foreign ministry official has said.
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Iran is in the "final stages" of negotiation with diplomats from the major European powers in a dispute over nuclear arms, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Saturday. But European envoys warned that a lasting agreement remains a long way off.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali   Larijani said in Madrid on Thursday he would meet European   Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in two days.
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Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana went into a second day of talks, aimed at persuading the Islamic republic to agree to a nuclear deal offered by world powers.
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European Union foreign policy chief   Javier Solana confirmed on Thursday that he will meet Iran's   chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Saturday for talks   about the country's nuclear program.
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FranceÂs president suggested that Iran would not have to freeze major nuclear activities until formal negotiations began.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner  has said he supports talks between Iran and the U.N.&#39;s nuclear  watchdog about Tehran&#39;s atomic program, but the dialogue should  not drag on for years.