Tehran: EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana gave Iranian officials on Tuesday a package of incentives that represents a major initiative by world powers to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear programme.
Solana met Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani at the Supreme National Security Council building in central Tehran. Journalists were barred from the building.
"Larijani said Iran will study the package clause by clause and respond," said an official close to the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Solana had arrived on Monday night bearing the package that was agreed in talks among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council including Germany in Vienna on Friday.
He told reporters at the Tehran airport that the West wanted "a new relationship" with Iran and that the package would "allow us to engage in negotiations based on trust, respect and confidence".
Details of the proposal have not been made public, but an early draft indicated that if Iran agrees to abandon uranium enrichment, the world would offer it help in building nuclear reactors, a guaranteed supply of nuclear fuel, and European Airbus aircraft.
The United States has reportedly sweetened the offer by saying it would lift some bilateral sanctions on Iran, such as a ban on Boeing passenger aircraft and related parts, if Iran agrees to an enrichment freeze.
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