Iran Gets Deadline To Decide Over Nuclear Incentives
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Contributor Berlin, Germany (AHN) - Iran has until the Group of Eight (G8) summit in mid-July to consider the proposed package of incentives aimed at enticing Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program, an official was quoted as saying on Friday. Asked what would happen if Iran did not accept the offer, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "This will be discussed within the framework of the G8. Iran has until the world economic summit in July to think it over." According to a report by Reuters, this is the first time the Islamic Republic is given a clear deadline to respond to the offer, prepared by Germany, France and Britain and backed by the EU, United States, Russia and China. The G8 summit will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 15-17. An EU diplomat told Reuters that the 25-nation bloc's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, who brought the offer to Iran earlier this week, did not set any deadline for a response. But European and US officials have made it clear they would not wait months for an Iranian response to the offer. The package of incentives involves civilian nuclear technology, security guarantees and other benefits for Iran if it agrees to halt nuclear fuel production.
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