 The EU rejected on Tuesday a call by Iran to speed up talks on its disputed nuclear programme, insisting the pace of negotiations was right and that the dialogue was on track. Iran, which denies US accusations that it is seeking nuclear weapons, has agreed to freeze potentially arms-related uranium enrichment activities while the talks continue but has shown impatience with the dialogue launched last December. Gholam Reza Aqazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told reporters after meeting EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana that he had called for an acceleration of the talks. "The issue is not pace but substance," Solana's spokeswoman Cristina Gallach said in response. "We say that this is the right pace. On our side, we say the process is on track," she added. |