European Union-Iran Talks Scheduled for Saturday

欧盟与伊朗会谈定于周六举行

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says Thursday he will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Saturday but did not say where the talks will take place. The meeting will be the first between the two since Iran defied an August 31st U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment. The two men were expected to meet Wednesday, but Iran postponed the meeting.

In Berlin, representatives from world powers are meeting Thursday to discuss their reaction to Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment activities. Diplomats from the five permanent U.N. Security Council members, the U.S., France, Britain, China and Russia plus Germany are attending the talks. The United States has said it expects Security Council members to honor a decision to sanction Iran for disregarding the August 31st deadline. Russia and China have been reluctant to punish Iran.

欧盟外交政策专员索拉纳星期四说，他星期六将会晤伊朗首席核谈判代表拉里贾尼，但是没有透露在什么地点会谈。这将是伊朗没有在联合国安理会提出的8月31号最后期限之前停止铀浓缩活动以来两人的第一次会晤。他们两人原定星期三会面，但伊朗推迟了会晤日期。

世界大国星期四在柏林开会，讨论如何对伊朗拒绝停止铀浓缩活动做出回应。参加会晤的有联合国常任理事国美国、法国、英国、中国、俄罗斯以及德国的外交官。美国表示，期待联合国安理会成员国遵照已做出的决定，如果伊朗无视8月31号的最后期限就对其实施制裁。俄罗斯和中国一直不愿意制裁伊朗。