NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised interview Sunday he would accept a two-state solution in the Middle East if the Palestinian people voted to approve a peace agreement with Israel. Whatever decision they take is fine with us. We are not going to determine anything. Whatever decision they take, we will support that. We think that is the right of the Palestinian people, however we fully expect other states to do so as well, Ahmadinejad said on ABCs This Week with George Stephanopoulos news programme. The Iranian leader said he will soon unveil a new package of proposals for talks on his countrys nuclear programme, but he refused to commit to negotiations without preconditions. No, no, Ahmadinejad said when asked if he was ready to talk to the United States without precondition. His government, he said, is ready to hold talks with the US based on the principal of justice and mutual respect, but there should be a clear cut agenda for such a negotiation. This is the highest-level response coming from Iran on US President Barack Obamas call to have direct talks with it on a wide range of issues, including the contentious nuclear weapons programme of Iran that Western powers claim is meant to build nuclear bombs. The Islamic Republic insists it nuclear programme is geared towards peaceful purposes. This is the first interview given by the Iranian President to an American news network after Obama became the US President in January this year. The Iranian President said so far he has only heard from media, the newspapers, that theyre interested in talking. After becoming the Obama administration has started a review of the Administrations policy on Iran and has offered direct engagement with the government of Ahmadinejad and has even addressed the people of Iran through the media. The two countries do not have diplomatic relations for the past 30 years. Obama sent an unprecedented video appeal last month to Iranians on the occasion of Nouroz, hoping to turn a new page in relations. But Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told lawmakers last week that the United States was preparing for very tough sanctions against Iran if the new US approach to Tehran failed. While the Obama administration said it was interested in direct diplomacy with Iran, it indicated that it would not take any other options off the table. During the ABC interview, Ahmadinejad said he was irritated that Obama didnt directly respond to his message of congratulations on winning the US election. I sent a congratulatory message to Mr Obama. This was a major decision, although the Iranian people were very much dismayed with the conduct of previous US administrations, he said. And I was criticiseded here at home in Iran. Nevertheless, I did that. I am yet to receive a response. Ahmadinejad also criticised Obama for boycotting last weeks UN conference on racism, arguing the worlds biggest problems have their roots in racial discrimination. The Obama administration boycotted the conference, saying that the conference would unfairly single out Israel for criticism.