Iran 'serious' about nuclear talks

Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Thursday in Brussels that his country is "serious" about talks with the European Union on its nuclear program, according to the EU press office.

But the Iranian official, who spoke before attending a working dinner with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, did not provide a response to the package of incentives offered by the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany.

A senior State Department official said that Solana spoke with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the dinner.

Solana told Rice his dinner with Larijani involved a "general discussion of the issue of Iran's nuclear program," the official said, adding that "no response to the P5 plus 1 proposal was given."

P5 plus 1 refers to the permanent five (Britain, China, France, Russia, U.S.) and Germany.

Solana and Larijani are expected to meet again next Tuesday before the ministers of the P5 and Germany meet the following day in Paris.

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