Manuchehr Mottaki said Iran is looking for a "peaceful solution" to the international dispute over its nuclear program and is ready to hear "new ideas."
Mottaki said it was wrong for the West to use the threat of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran.
Mottaki made his comments after talks with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht. He is due to meet European Union officials in Brussels later on 20 February.
Iran says its nuclear program is to provide energy, while the West accuses it of seeking to produce nuclear weapons.
(Reuters, AP)
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