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Brazil's Lula in Iran for 'last chance' nuclear talks

May 17, 2010 00:00:00


TEHRAN, May 16 (AFP): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was Sunday meeting Iranian leaders at the start of a visit the West says might be Tehran's last chance to avoid new UN sanctions over its nuclear programme.
Ahmet Davutoglu, the foreign minister of neighbouring Turkey, the other key mediator in the standoff, meanwhile flew into Tehran on Sunday and was expected to join the talks, the Mehr news agency reported.
Lula, who heads a 300-strong delegation, was officially welcomed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran Sunday morning before the two leaders went into the talks, Iranian news agencies reported. A number of trade agreements were to be signed later in the day.

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