The Russian diplomat told the newspaper "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" the sextet's foreign ministers had agreed at their Vienna meeting "to put some very serious proposals to Iran".

"Namely, to start negotiations on the settlement of the dispute over its nuclear program after Tehran stops enriching uranium in keeping with the decision of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Work will be suspended also in the U.N. Security Council in view of this situation," Lavrov explained.

He expressed the hope that Iran would positively respond to this call and would sit down at a conference table.

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