The European Union (EU) says it expects �tangible results� at the upcoming nuclear talks in Geneva, urging Iran to offer new proposals during the negotiations with six major world powers.
�We hope that Iran will finally come forward with constructive and concrete proposals,� said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, on Monday.
�We look forward to seeing their ideas and we are very ambitious to move forward very quickly. It is really time for tangible results in these negotiations,� he added.
Following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier on Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry also called on Iran to offer new proposals at the Geneva meeting.

�So what we need are a set of proposals from Iran that will fully disclose how they will show the world that their program is peaceful,� Kerry said.

This is while Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on�Saturday that the group of six major world powers should put forward new proposals for the Geneva talks.

�We expressed our views during the New York meeting and we will continue to do so in Geneva,� Zarif said, adding that the previous proposals offered by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany were now �history.�

Meanwhile, Lavrov said also on Monday that Iran�s call for new offers from the six major world powers would be discussed in Geneva next week.

Ashton said on September 26 that the six major powers and Iran have agreed to meet in Geneva on October 15 and 16 for further talks on resolving the standoff with Tehran on its nuclear energy program.

The United States, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.

Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

By Press TV

 

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