From The BBC News

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is meeting Iran’s top nuclear negotiator just hours before reporting to the UN on the Iranian nuclear issue.

Mr Solana is meeting Saeed Jalili in London in talks correspondents say may determine whether the US and its allies press for more sanctions on Iran.

The UN has demanded Iran suspend its uranium enrichment programme.

Iran insists its programme is peaceful, but some Western powers fear it is seeking to make weapons.

‘New ideas’

BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus says Mr Solana will be looking for signs that the Iranians are prepared to suspend uranium enrichment experiments as demanded by the UN Security Council.

The UN had earlier commissioned two reports on Iran’s nuclear programme - one from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the other from Mr Solana.

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