Turkey Iran talks on nuclear deadlock

IRAN: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was holding talks on Tuesday with Iranian officials on a visit to Tehran aimed at resolving the deadlock over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.

Davutoglu and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki were to address a joint press conference after their talks.

Turkey, which has good relations with its neighbour Iran, has offered to host the exchange of Iran’s low-enriched uranium with 20 percent enriched uranium to be supplied by world powers to Tehran as part of a UN-drafted deal.

Iranian officials want the exchange to take place inside the Islamic republic, a condition opposed by world powers.

 Tehran, Thursday, AFP