IRAN SAID SUNDAY THAT A WESTERN INCENTIVES PACKAGE AIMED AT PERSUADING TEHRAN TO STOP ENRICHING URANIUM WAS AN «ACCEPTABLE BASIS» FOR TALKS, AND INVITED WORLD POWERS TO ENTER DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS OVER ITS DISPUTED NUCLEAR PROGRAM. «NOW IS AN APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY FOR IRAN AND EUROPE TO ENTER DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS,» FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HAMID REZA ASEFI TOLD REPORTERS. HE CALLED ON THE EIGHT MAJOR WORLD POWERS MEETING IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, TO CHOOSE DIALOGUE WITH IRAN. «DIALOGUE IS THE CORRECT PATH. WE CAN ACHIEVE ACCEPTABLE RESULTS IN THIS PATH. THE PATH OF EXTREMISM AND THREATS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE _ IT WON'T WORK,» ASEFI TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE. «THE G-8 HAS TWO OPTIONS AHEAD: ONE IS THE PATH OF LOGIC AND THE OTHER THE PATH OF EXTREMISM. WE HOPE THE G-8 GROUP WILL PLACE LOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON ITS AGENDA,» HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. «IN THAT CASE, WE WILL BE READY FOR ANY KIND OF COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE,» ASEFI SAID.
