France satisfied with US concessions to Iran

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The United States has given Europe what it expected by making trade concessions to Iran to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Monday.

"These gestures made recently by the United States give us what we expected and show that the United States, like Russia and China . . . wants to give negotiations a chance," Barnier told reporters in Geneva. READ MORE

Britain, France and Germany have been trying to secure "objective guarantees" that Iran will not use its atomic energy programme to acquire nuclear weapons, and in exchange they are offering a package of trade, security and technology benefits to the Islamic republic. ...

The European trio has been holding talks with Iran since December.

A meeting of foreign ministers from the four nations, as well as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, is to be held on March 23, according to Ali Agha Mohammadi, spokesman of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

But European diplomats have not confirmed this meeting. ...