European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana started meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday morning to hand over an updated package of incentives by the five veto powers plus Germany (5+1).
Solana, who arrived in Tehran late on Friday for talks aimed at solving Iran's standoff with the West over its nuclear program, is expected to meet Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili on Saturday afternoon.
Representatives of five of the six main powers --- Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia -- will also take part in the talks. The United States is absent from the talks because it has no diplomatic relations with Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.
The six main powers agreed weeks ago on an updated offer of incentives for Iran based on the 2006 version, which is aimed to encourage Iran to halt uranium enrichment.
Solana said in a statement prior to his arrival that he would be making "a generous and comprehensive offer" to Iran showing the desire of the EU and 5+1 "to develop a constructive and cooperative relationship with Iran in the nuclear field and in many other areas."
The West believes that Iran aims at developing nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful use.
The UN Security Council has up to now imposed three sanctions on Iran for its on-going uranium enrichment programs.
Source: Xinhua
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