Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said that despite the bad approach of the West, Iran has provided a highly exceptional opportunity for just solving its nuclear issue and all world problems. Addressing domestic and foreign reporters, the president said that while Iran was approaching Europe's proposal positively, the Westerners issued a resolution against the country at the United Nations Security Council.
"After the resolution was issued, the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called me and criticized such a hasty move.
"We could have stopped assessment of the receive package of proposal to let them prove their honesty. However, we provided them with an exceptional opportunity to solve the existing problems," said the president, according to IRNA.
He added the Iranian nation advocates peace, but will not succumb to intimidation and force. Turning to Iran's response to the package of incentives offered by the Group of 5+1, he said "We believe we can resolve various world issues through negotiations."
The president stressed Iran's response paved the way for the resumption of talks with Europe. "We believe our proposals have prepared suitable grounds for resolving the issues and problems existing between Iran and them if they are logical and peace-loving."
