Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the Islamic republic is ready to sit down with world powers for talks on its nuclear programme, state television's website reported.

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The chief nuclear envoys for North and South Korea met in Beijing to try to revive international nuclear disarmament talks on Wednesday, with little hope of any early breakthroughs.

The one-day meeti

North and South Korea will meet again this week to try to revive international nuclear disarmament talks, but officials and analysts predict no early breakthroughs.

Seoul's foreign ministry said its

Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue.

Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue.

Iran is yet to agree on an exact date for the next round of nuclear talks with world powers due to be held next month in Istanbul, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.

"There is an agreement on the venue of the meeting but the date has not been finalised yet. consultations are ongoing to organise talks in Istanbul somewhere around the end of January," Mehmanparast told reporters.