Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League says he is positive that the current negotiations on Iran's nuclear program will eventually yield proper answers.

"I am optimistic as to the dialogue that is going on," Moussa told reporters after attending the Arab-British Economic Forum in London.

The former Egyptian foreign minister said that encouraging the current negotiations was as crucial as "giving time for the proposals on the table to get proper answers."

Moussa was referring to a UN proposal drafted earlier in the week between delegates from Iran, France, Russia and the United States as well as experts from the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna.

The draft requires Iran to send 1.2 tons of its 1.5-ton Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) stockpile to Russia by the end of the year. Russia would then enrich it further to 20 percent and send the stockpile to France for conversion into metal fuel rods.

Iran said on Tuesday that it will not ship all of its enriched uranium as it knows exactly how much nuclear fuel supply it requires to power its medical research reactor.

The West accuses Tehran of nuclear weapons development, a charge rejected by both Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, which has so far made 21 unannounced inspections of the country's nuclear facilities.

Washington has never ruled out military action against Iran, while its chief ally in the region, Israel, has already threatened to attack targets within the country.

"We need a political process on Iran, not any military action," Moussa said, adding: "We are of the view that any military action would be ill-advised and would lead to chaos and perhaps catastrophe in the region."

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