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Russia, China urge peaceful solution for nuke row
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-05-16 19:21
Russia and China will "definitely not" approve the use of force against
Iran over its nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
said after meeting with China's leaders.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) meets Chinese President Hu
Jintao in Beijing. Lavrov said Russia and China will "definitely not"
approve the use of force against Iran over its nuclear program. [AFP]
"Russia and China will definitely not vote for the use of force to
resolve this issue," Lavrov said through a translator after meeting with
his Chinese counterpart, Li Zhaoxing, and President Hu Jintao.
"We believe we shouldn't isolate Iran or increase pressure. This will not
only not reduce the possibility of proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, it will have the opposite effect."
However Lavrov also said Russia believed Iran needed to do more to
cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International
Atomic Energy Agency.
"Iran at the moment has not completely replied to and given explanations
on the questions raised by the IAEA investigation," Lavrov said.
"We regret this very much. We hope the Iran side will give a reply at an
early date."
The IAEA has been investigating Iran since 2003 and says it is not yet
able to certify that the Iranian nuclear program is strictly peaceful.
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to generate electricity
but the United States and other Western nations say it is a cover for the
secret development of atomic weapons.
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