"The Foreign Ministers of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States
of America, and the High Representative of the European Union met in Berlin today, 30 March
2006.
We had a very substantive exchange of views on the situation resulting from Iran’s nuclear
activities.
We continue to be seriously concerned about the outstanding issues relating to Iran’s nuclear
programme and Iran’s failure to take the steps as required of Iran by the IAEA Board of Governors
in its resolution of 4 February, including suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing
activities, including research and development.
We welcomed the fact that the UN Security Council has reached agreement on a Presidential
Statement with the objective of reinforcing the IAEA process.

The Presidential Statement sends a strong signal to Iran to take the steps required by the IAEA
Board. At the same time the International Community remains ready to find a diplomatic solution.
We have agreed to continue our close consultations on this issue.
We fully recognize the legitimate right of Iran under the NPT to develop a safe and sustainable
civilian nuclear programme. At the same time, it is our conviction that there is a need for an
extensive period of confidence-building by Iran to convince the international community of the
exclusively peaceful purpose of its nuclear programme.
We therefore urgently call on Iran to address international concerns through a diplomatic solution
and to suspend all enrichment-related activities to allow a return to the negotiating table.”

Ref: S098/06