Solana to visit Iran over Iran's alleged nuclear program

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Solana to visit Iran over Iran's alleged nuclear program

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in Irish capital Dublin on Thursday that he will visit Iran next week to revive efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its alleged nuclear program.

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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in Irish capital Dublin on Thursday that he will visit Iran next week to revive efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its alleged nuclear program.

Solana told reporters in Ireland, which takes the EU helm from this month, that talks over Iran's nuclear intentions "have been going through a dip" and that he wanted to breathe fresh life into them.

"I would like to try to see if I can recuperate some of that," he said.

"This means that Iran has to continue working efficiently and cooperating with Vienna over WMD (weapons of mass destruction)," he said after a speech to Ireland's National Forum on Europe.

"Prompt action by Europe has helped to encourage the Iranian authorities to accept additional (nuclear arms) safeguards and to voluntarily suspend uranium enrichment and processing activities," he said.

Solana added that he would also discuss the "very serious humanitarian problems" which Iran faces following last month's earthquake in its southern city of Bam.

EU officials said Solana will be in Tehran Monday and Tuesday after a Sunday stopover in Vienna for talk with Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

After Iran, Solana is to visit Afghanistan on Wednesday and Georgia on Thursday, according to reports reaching here.

Source: Xinhua

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