United Nations ? Iran is willing to provide nuclear technology to other Muslim states, Iran’s hard-line president said Thursday. Hours later, European nations renewed an offer of economic incentives if the Mideast nation would halt its uranium enrichment.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the comment after talking with Turkey’s prime minister during a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.

Ahmadinejad repeated promises that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons, the report said. Then he added: “Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need.”

At the United Nations, foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany – the three European countries negotiating with Iran on behalf of the European Union – said Ahmadinejad was expected to respond to the renewed offer in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday.

The European announcement came after the troika of ministers met with Ahmadinejad and his team as well as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

“We put forth proposals. They are still on the table,” British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said after the 80-minute meeting. “They have yet properly to be considered by the other side.”

Straw said the Iranian leader would make his country’s proposals in a speech to the General Assembly. He said Ahmedinejad did not indicate in their meeting whether Iran would halt uranium enrichment.

German Foreign Minister Joshcka Fischer said they “discussed into the details the situation” with Ahmedinejad and his team and repeated the EU position. The EU is now waiting for the Iranian president’s speech.