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Ahmadinejad says Iran open to dialogue on nuclear standoff
2008-08-16
Iran is open to dialogue to resolve the standoff on its controversial nuclear programme, but will not give up its right to possess atomic energy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday. "We believe that dialogue is the best way to resolve the issue and we are always ready for dialogue," Ahmadinejad told reporters in Istanbul after talks with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.

But negotiations had to take into account Iran's right to develop nuclear energy technology, he added. "Those who do not respect that will lose themselves. There will be no change in the will of the Iranian people," he said.

Iran is risking a possible fourth round of UN sanctions after it failed to give a clear response to an incentives package offered by six major world powers in return for halting its uranium enrichment activities.

Earlier this week, Iran said it was ready to hold more delaying talks with the European Union on the package offered by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. Iran's top nuclear negotiator met with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, in Geneva in July. They also spoke on the phone earlier this month. "The talks in Geneva were positive ... and we believe that a positive direction was found," Ahmadinejad said.
Posted by:Fred

#4  For example, you can get probation for killing a human being if it is your first offense but you will get jail for taunting a racial minority or homosexual.
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-08-16 18:13  

#3  "Iran is open to dialogue"

The problem is that dialog is the only thing Iran is open to and dialog for the sake of dialog solves nothing. What they have rightly understood is that we (the West in general) tend to value words more than actions. Witness Russia driving ever deeper into Georgia while saying they are withdrawing.

We have become a culture of idiocy and hold people responsible for their words, but not for their actions.
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-08-16 18:12  

#2  Isn't this story from 2006? Oh, that's right - they're still playing Groundhog Day!
Posted by: Bobby   2008-08-16 12:56  

#1  I understand Iran expects these seemingly endless talks to result in Iran doing just what they've been intending to do all along. What I don't understand is what the "Rest of the World" expects from these talks?
Posted by: Gladys   2008-08-16 06:30  

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