The announcement came as foreign ministers of the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany met in Paris today to discuss the Iranian nuclear crisis.
Douste-Blazy said Iran has not given any indication that it is ready to seriously engage proposals to end the crisis.
The United States has described Iran's response to a Western incentives offer to end its nuclear program as "disappointing and incomplete."
Talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana ended in Brussels on July 11 without an answer from Iran.
(Reuters, AP, AFP)
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