MOSCOW: A new draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear programme envisages direct talks with Tehran that would include the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
The five permanent members of the Security Council, plus Germany, agreed earlier in the day in Berlin on the text of the resolution aimed at getting Iran to heed international demands to halt uranium enrichment.
"It's clearly confirmed by the resolution that direct negotiations on resolving all questions related to the Iranian nuclear programme -- with the participation of all six powers, including the United States -- would be initiated if Iran accepts the proposals of the six," Lavrov said.
He made his remarks to Russian journalists after the Berlin meeting, the Ria-Novosti news agency reported.
Lavrov said the new wording "not only acknowledges, but salutes progress made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in clarifying aspects of Iran's nuclear programme".
The resolution underlines "support" among the six powers -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United States -- for the IAEA's efforts towards alleviating their remaining concerns, he said.
Iran -- which rejects Western fears that it is covertly developing nuclear weapons -- has promised to deliver answers on outstanding questions put to it "within the next two or three weeks," Lavrov
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