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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R), file photo

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Tehran together to hold talks on
Iran's nuclear program.

Lula will arrive in Tehran to attend the Fourteenth Summit of the
Group of 15 (G-15) on May 17, Mehr news agency reported.

Meanwhile Erdogan's visit to Iran comes as part of Ankara's efforts
to resolve Tehran's nuclear issue through diplomatic means.

Brazil and Iran are members of G-15 which was established at the
ninth Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting in Belgrade in 1989 with a
common goal of enhanced growth and prosperity for its member states.

Some sources have told the Mehr news agency that the Turkish and
Brazilian leaders will present Tehran a "joint proposal" on a nuclear
fuel swap deal, which the UN has brokered.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday voiced Tehran's
readiness to continue talks on the proposed swap deal.

"Turkey and Brazil are among the countries that have proposed
solutions and these solutions indicate that it is possible to reach a
swap deal and arrive at mutual understanding," Ramin Mehmanparast said.

Under the proposed deal, Iran would send most of its low-enriched
uranium abroad for further process... >>>