Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Tehran will offer a new package to world powers for negotiations aimed at resolving the country's controversial nuclear drive.
"We are preparing a new package which will be ready very soon," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the southern province of Kerman, according to the official IRNA news agency.
The Fars news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying the package "will be presented to the P5-plus-1 group," referring to UN Security Council permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany.
"Iran will hold discussions based on this new package which guarantees peace and justice in the world," he was quoted as saying.
He said the package was a new version of proposals offered by Iran in May 2008, which it described as an all-embracing attempt to solve the problems of the world, and suggested setting up consortiums to enrich uranium and manufacturing nuclear fuel, including one in Iran.
The 2008 package was offered after global powers proposed economic incentives to Iran to help in its civilian nuclear programme in return for it halting its enrichment activities.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that Tehran was ready to talk with the P5-plus-1 to resolve the nuclear deadlock.
