Talks between Iran and the European Union on a package of incentives aimed at easing tensions over Tehran's nuclear development will not be held as scheduled on Wednesday, an Iranian official said. No date was set for a resumption of negotiations, said the official, according to the AP.
On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that a two-month deadline for responding to the proposed package is not a much long time. Mottaki said during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani, that last year, Europeans had commented on Iran's proposal after four months and the present package of incentives had taken several months to be prepared. "So, a two-month period for responding to the incentive package is not a long time," he added, according to IRNA.
The top diplomat expressed Iran's readiness for unconditional talks with the 5+1 Group and said that until August, when Iran is to present its response, both European and non-European states involved in presentation of the package can take part in the talks.
He said that August, a date set by Iran for presenting its response, cannot be changed.
