Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said here Thursday that his talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana were approaching "a united view" over the disputed nuclear issue.

"I think in some areas we are approaching a united view," Larijani said at a joint news conference with Solana and Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul after a breakfast meeting.

"This is to say that the best approach is to settle all the issues through negotiations based on law and international rules and regulations," he added.

Larijani also highlighted the importance of the Turkish role in hosting the meeting, saying it was a sign of deepening relations between Turkey and Iran.

On Wednesday, Larijani and Solana held two rounds of talks in the Turkish capital of Ankara over Iran's uranium enrichment program. After their meetings, the two negotiators told reporters that they had made progress in their talks.

For his part, Solana said that they had a "good meeting" over the issue on Wednesday. He also expressed his wish that the Iranian issue would be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.

Last year, Iran and the EU held several rounds of talks but failed to find a solution to solve the crisis. Their last face-to- face meeting was on Feb. 11.

"We will not be in a position to make a great breakthrough during this visit to Ankara. But we hope we would be able to continue," Solana told reporters at the news conference.

When asked whether their next meeting would take place in Ankara, Solana said that they had not decided the venue of the meeting yet.

The UN Security Council has passed two resolutions in December and March, urging Iran to halt all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, which the United States considered as Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of its civilian nuclear programs.

However, Iran has denied the accusation and shown no sign of yielding in the nuclear stand-off, saying its uranium enrichment has reached an industrial level and announcing its wishes to install over 50,000 uranium enriching centrifuges at a plant in Natanz.

Earlier this month, Larijani has warned that Tehran could retreat from the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the international community imposes further pressure over its nuclear program.

Source: Xinhua