LONDON, England (CNN) -- Iran agreed Friday to enter into talks with the European Union about its nuclear program before the end of the month, Iranian state-run media said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Iran will maintain a "constructive approach" to diplomacy.
The EU, which recently placed sanctions on Iran, has offered a package of political, economic and security incentives to Iran if it halts uranium enrichment.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, called EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to tell him the response to that offer was coming, according to Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency, and Solana's office characterized Jalili's tone as friendly and positive.
The EU has proposed suspending further sanctions if Iran takes a six-week break from installing or manufacturing any more centrifuges that enrich uranium.
Iran would be allowed to continue to run the more than 3,000 centrifuges it already has but could not manufacture more.
Jalili said Iran is delivering the response to Solana; to the five members of the U.N. Security Council, the United States, Britain, China, France, and Russia; and to Germany, which has helped lead nuclear negotiations.
Iran's Mehr News Agency quoted an unnamed Iranian official as saying that Iran's response was signed by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
