France will host a meeting of E3 + 3 (Germany, France, Britain, China, United States, Russia) political directors on Saturday, December 1. Also attending will be Mr. Solana, high representative for the CFSP and secretary-general of the Council of the European Union.

The aim of the meeting is to review the Iran nuclear issue and decide how to respond, in the Security Council, to the reports the six foreign ministers had requested from Mr. Solana and the IAEA director-general at their meeting in New York on September 28 on their discussions with Iran. Mr. ElBaradei's report was handed in on November 15. Mr. Solana's report is expected any day now.

It confirmed the convergence of our analyses with regard to Mr. ElBaradei's report and noted the absence of opening on Iran's part at the London meeting between Mr. Jalili and Mr. Solana whose representative briefed the meeting.

A consensus was achieved on working on elements of a new resolution of binding measures with regard to Iran for presentation in the UN Security Council in the next few weeks