Mahmoud Ahmadinejad´s endorsement follows Iran´s new push to get the talks started again.[break]
The talks foundered a year ago and led to a fourth round of U.N. sanctions over Iran´s refusal to halt uranium enrichment — a program the West is concerned masks ambitions for nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge.
Ahmadinejad told a crowd of supporters on Sunday that the West made the first step. He gave no timeframe for the talks.
"They have come and say, "We will negotiate.´ We say, "All right, we will negotiate with you.´"
EU´s Catherine Ashton has suggested the talks be held in Vienna in mid-November, with U.S., Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany.
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