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World Powers Committed to Resolving Iran Nuclear Issue

posted on 03/17/08

Statement by the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, with the support of the High Representative of the European Union, March 4, 2008:

“We remain committed to an early negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue and we reaffirm our commitment to a dual-track approach. We reconfirm the proposals we presented to Iran in June 2006 and are prepared to further develop them. Our proposals will offer substantial opportunities for political, security and economic benefits to Iran and to the region. We urge Iran to take this opportunity to engage with us all and to find a negotiated way forward. … We remain ready to negotiate future arrangements, modalities and timing in this respect once the conditions for negotiations have been established. This will require further diplomatic efforts and innovative approaches.“