Thursday, July 13, 2006

Major Powers Will Return Iran Issue to U.N. Council
E.U. Talks Spur Russia, China to Join Statement

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, July 13, 2006; Page A14

PARIS, July 12 -- Diplomats from the United States, Russia, China and Europe announced Wednesday that they would return to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action against Iran, expressing "profound disappointment" over the Tehran government's refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program or respond to incentives offered by global powers.

"The Iranians have given no indication at all that they are ready to engage seriously on the substance of our proposals," French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said in a statement read at the end of a meeting with his counterparts from the United States, European Union, China, Russia and Germany. "We have no choice but to return to the United Nations Security Council and take forward the process that was suspended two months ago." more

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Its good to se that China and Russia aren't being total obstructionsists in the U.N.. After the vicious chiding they gave North Korea yesterday both of them signing on to punish Iran is almost too good to be true.