(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-04-08 09:31

'NEGOTIATING WITH OURSELVES'

A Western diplomat from one of the six countries said the main focus of the meeting later this month would be how they could make the package of incentives offered to Iran in June 2006 appear more attractive.

But the diplomat said Tehran's possible upcoming announcement of its latest nuclear achievements could affect the discussion at the meeting of the six powers.

Iran on Monday ruled out halting or limiting sensitive nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives from major powers and instead suggested it may announce new developments in its program this week.

Iran marks its National Day of Nuclear Technology on Tuesday, an occasion Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used last year to proclaim industrial uranium enrichment capacity.

"We'll have to wait and see what the Iranians announce," the diplomat said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. "That could change things."

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