Tomorrow, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet with Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani. Officials from delegations familiar with the first meeting said Iran had made an unofficial, tentative offer to freeze nuclear enrichment for up to two months. However, the Bush administration on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Iran might enact such a suspension.
The foreign ministers of major powers will meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York next week to discuss moving forward with possible sanctions against Tehran if there has been no breakthrough by then. However, China and Russia, plus a number of European nations with significant trade with Iran, are wary of imposing sanctions and advocate giving more time to seek a possible compromise.
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