Positive signs in atomic proposal
published: Wednesday | June 7, 2006

SOLANA

TEHRAN, (REUTERS):

Proposals yesterday by six world powers to end a dispute over Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment had positive points but also some 'ambiguities' that must be removed, Tehran's chief negotiator said.

The proposals, which have not been made public but include incentives and penalties, seek to persuade Iran to give up enriching uranium, which the West fears will be used to build atomic bombs. Tehran says its nuclear aims are purely civilian.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana presented Iran's chief negotiator Ali Larijani with the package, agreed by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.