KAMPALA (Reuters) -- Iran said on Thursday it was ready to negotiate over a new package of economic incentives put forward by major powers seeking to persuade Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki told a news conference in the Ugandan capital Kampala that the six -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany -- should also take a serious look at Tehran’s own proposals.
“We have informed them of our readiness to negotiate. The package given by the P5+1 countries is currently under consideration and at the appropriate time Teheran will give its reactions,” said Mottaki, who was in Uganda for a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
After handing over the offers to Iran on Saturday, EU policy chief Javier Solana reaffirmed the six powers wanted Iran to suspend enrichment during talks on the offer -- a precondition the Islamic Republic has repeatedly rejected.
As a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran insists it has the right to master the complete nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium enrichment, for peaceful purposes. It says it wants nuclear power only to generate electricity.
Solana said on Thursday he had yet to receive Iran’s formal reply. “For the moment there has not been any reply,” Solana told reporters in Brussels.
Iran says it is ready to review the proposals, but Tehran seems in no hurry to respond.
“We will review the package but not the part about enrichment freeze ... We are moving forward with our work and Iran’s nuclear capability is being constantly augmented,” said the official, involved in talks with Solana in Tehran.
“Each passing day we are more advanced in nuclear technology, it gives us an upper hand in talks.”
Mottaki criticizes Americans
Mottaki said the United States should stop lecturing Iran on its nuclear ambitions. Tehran and Washington cut diplomatic ties shortly after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution.
“America is not in the position to be happy or unhappy with our peaceful nuclear activities. It is a country that is currently testing a fifth-generation nuclear bomb,” he said.
“America should limit itself to its borders and stop interfering with other nations. The time for ordering other nations is over. We will continue to realize our rights definitely,” he added.