Talks between the Six world powers (US,Russia, China, UK, France and Germany) and Iran on its nuclear programme started Tuesday in Geneva.
“We have come here with a sense of cautious optimism and a great sense of determination because we believe it is really time now for tangible results,”said Michael Mann, spokesman of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
He said that Iran must move first, before the West would agree to any concessions, saying: “We have a proposal on the table, specifically on confidence-building measures, but the confidence-building measure has to come from the Iranian side.”
He said there was a sense of "cautious optimism" ahead of the two-day meeting in the Swiss city and that Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Tehran's chief negotiator, dined together on Monday evening in a "very positive atmosphere".
He added that Iran "made some proposals this morning."
The Iranian media said the proposals package was entitled "Closing an unnecessary crisis, opening new horizons" but it did not elaborate.
Mann said that proposals that the six powers put forward earlier this year remained on the table in Geneval but ‘’they were prepared to react to what Iran suggested.’’
The powers have called for Iran halt its higher-grade uranium enrichment, shut its underground Fordow enrichment plant and ship out some of its uranium stockpile. In return, they offered to relax sanctions on gold, precious metals and petrochemicals trade.