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SHANGHAI-Six-nation talks looking to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran fell short on Wednesday of agreeing on a new package to present Tehran, while Iran's president said he was open to talks within limits.The meeting in Shanghai of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council-the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France-plus Germany and an EU representative, was a first such meeting for China, which has kept away from the spotlight in the dispute.But China's Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei emerged from several hours of bargaining to say the diplomats failed to fully agree on a fresh plan to offer Iran, which rejected an earlier offer of negotiating incentives put to it in 2006."We can say we agreed on the main content of a plan to restart negotiations, but not all the problems have been resolved," He told reporters.The political director-level diplomats would report back to their ministers in a bid to reach agreement, He said. "When the plan to restart negotiations is referred to Iran, we will urge Iran to respond positively," he added.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier on Wednesday told a rally that Iran was ready for negotiations on nuclear and other issues provided talks do not violate his country's rights."The Iranian nation is after talks and negotiations but negotiations in a logical and just framework and in line with the fundamental rights of nations," Ahmadinejad said in his speech broadcast on state television, adding that Iran would not retreat from its rights "one iota".Tehran insists it has the right to enrich uranium, which it says is for peaceful power. But the United States, Western European powers and their supporters fear Iran's enrichment could give it the means to make nuclear weapons.To read more go to:
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