Iran to offer nuke package to West soon

TEHERAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday Iran had prepared proposals to end a stalemate over its nuclear ambitions with six world powers, state television reported.

"We have prepared a package that can be the basis to resolve Iran's nuclear problem. It will be offered to the West soon," Ahmadinejad said in a televized speech in the southeastern province of Kerman.

The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain said last week they would ask European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana to invite Iran to a meeting to find "a diplomatic solution to this critical issue".