Iranian state TV says the country will propose a package of solutions on its nuclear controversy to an upcoming meeting of permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. The broadcaster says on its Web site that Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran has been preparing a “package soon” that will have more “convergence” with the West on the topic. Mottaki's Sunday remarks contained no details on the planned proposals. US Security Council permanent members and Germany are to discuss Iran's disputed nuclear program in China on Wednesday. United Nations have passed three sets of sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment – a program the West contends masks nuclear arms building but which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes only. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to come up with a proposed package in an effort to resolve regional and international problems in dialogue with opposing parties,” Mottaki said, without explicitly mentioning the nuclear dispute. “The proposed package will have a new orientation and I think various parties, including 5 plus 1, can take advantage of this plan,” he told reporters. “We will announce the details of this package in the near future.” He was referring to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France – and Germany who meet on April 16 in Shanghai to discuss whether to enhance incentives offered to Iran. In June 2006, the world powers held out incentives to Iran, including civil nuclear cooperation and wider trade in civil aircraft, energy, high technology and agriculture, if Tehran suspended uranium enrichment. But Iran has repeatedly rejected Western demands to stop enriching uranium, which can be used as fuel for power plants and to provide material for bombs if refined much further. __
