US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that the United States will continue to work with the EU-3 over Iran's nuclear issue.

"I want to applaud the EU-3 for being strong in presenting a unified voice ... We will work with them in terms of what consequences there may be, and certainly the United Nations is a potential consequence," Bush told reporters in his hometown of Crawford, Texas.

Bush said the United States will watch very carefully over Iran 's next move.

"They have, in the past, said they would adhere to international norms and then were caught enriching uranium. And that's dangerous," he said.

As to media reports that Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad had expressed a willingness to resume negotiations with Europe, Bush said: "If he did say that, I think that's a positive sign that the Iranians are getting the message, that it's not just the United States that's worried about their nuclear programs, but the Europeans are serious in calling the Iranians to account and negotiating."

Iran resumed work in uranium conversion facilities on Monday in the central city of Isfahan,bringing its nuclear talks with the EU-3, or Britain, France and Germany, to the brink of collapse.

Source: Xinhua