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| Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has said Iran and the EU are approaching "a united view" in talks on settling the Iranian nuclear crisis. | Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has said Iran and the EU are approaching "a united view" in talks on settling the Iranian nuclear crisis. |
| Mr Larijani has been holding talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Turkish capital, Ankara. | |
| The two men have been meeting for the first time since the UN-imposed sanctions on Iran in March for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. | |
| Iran denies US and EU accusations that it is trying to build nuclear weapons. | Iran denies US and EU accusations that it is trying to build nuclear weapons. |
| Tehran says its enrichment programme is meant to produce civilian nuclear power. | |
| "I think in some areas we are approaching a united view," Mr Larijani said. | |
| "This is to say that the best approach is to settle all the issues through negotiations - the issue could be settled based on law and international rules and regulations. | |
| "The agency's, the IAEA's inspections should be in place, and also the non-proliferation treaty should prevail. These are the good frameworks that are serving as the focal points of unity in both sides' views." | |
| Mr Solana spoke of a "good meeting", adding: "We cannot make miracles, but we tried to move... the [nuclear] dossier forward. | |
| He said the aim of both was to reach a solution to the nuclear dispute through diplomacy and dialogue. | |
| "The fact that we are together again is itself a very important development," he said. | |
| Talks conditions | |
| The aim of Thursday's talks is to agree conditions for formal negotiations on ending the crisis to begin. | |
| The two men's last meeting, in September, collapsed over the enrichment issue. | |
| Iran refuses to suspend its uranium enrichment activities. The international community says it is a vital condition ahead of any direct talks. | |
| The talks are due to continue at a further meeting in a couple of weeks though the date and location have not yet been decided. |