Proposals to start up negotiations with Iran again over the nuclear issue

12^th March 2012

On 6th March, the Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton addressed a letter to Saeed Jalili, leader of the Iranian Supreme Security Council, in which she suggests resuming dialogue between the Iranian authorities and the international community (notably with the EU, the USA, Russia, China, France, Germany and the UK) on the nuclear issue. She stresses the need to restore confidence and gradually come to agreement. This letter follows the recent tension between Iran and Israel and the publication of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which expressed doubts about the civil aims of the Iranian nuclear installations.

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