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BRUSSELS, Nov 22 (KUNA) -- EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
stressed here Monday that nuclear weapons capability will be the main topic on
the agenda during her meeting with Iranian officials, probably in Geneva in
December.
"We are waiting to hear formally from Iran. You know we have dates for the
December 5. I have proposed that this to be two or two-and-a-half day exercise
and we see this as a beginning," she told journalists as she arrived for the
formal monthly meeting of EU foreign ministers.
"We are looking at venues. Geneva seems to be the most likely but I am
waiting for official confirmation and then we are ready to go," she noted.
"I am going to discuss nuclear weapons capability. That is the core of the
agenda. The ambition is very clear. That's what we are there for," said the
EU's top diplomat.
"We will be there as 3+3. I will lead it and I am going to talk about the
nuclear weapons capability issue. In the course of our discussions with Iran,
there are other issues that we would all like to cover, but the purpose of
going must be that," she stressed.
Some Iranian officials have been quoted by media reports saying that they
will not discuss the nuclear issue with the five permanent members of the UN
Security Council plus Germany (5+1) during their next meeting. (end)
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