Reuters: French President Jacques Chirac said on Saturday he was relatively optimistic that a negotiated solution could be found to the stand off with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme. COMPIEGNE, France, Sept 23 (Reuters) – French President Jacques Chirac said on Saturday he was relatively optimistic that a negotiated solution could be found to the stand off with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“I can say, and I think it is a feeling that is shared, that in this affair, we should do everything to find a solution via dialogue. Which is always the best way to resolve problems,” he told a news conference with the leaders of Germany and Russia.
“I would say I am relatively optimistic, because it’s in my nature, on the result of the discussions that are taking place between the six and Iran,” he added.
The six powers that made the offer to Iran — the United States, France, Russia, China, Britain and Germany — said the package was negotiable but conditioned any negotiations on a suspension of enrichment, a process of purifying uranium for use as fuel in nuclear power plants or atomic weapons.
