WORLD / Middle East
Chirac: Don't refer Iran to Security Council
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-18 16:00
PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac suggested Monday that the
international community renounce referring Iran to the U.N. Security
Council during nuclear talks _ and that Iran, in return, suspend uranium
enrichment.
French President Jacques Chirac, seen here, has urged world powers not to
refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, at the
same time calling on Tehran to give up uranium enrichment. [AFP]
"I don't believe in a solution without dialogue," Chirac said on Europe-1
radio, suggesting that the international community suspend the threat of
U.N. sanctions in exchange for Iran's suspension of enrichment during
negotiations.
"I am not pessimistic," Chirac said. "I think that Iran is a great nation
and that we can find solutions through dialogue."
He suggested that both sides set an agenda for talks _ and that both make
a concession during the negotiations. He said the six nations currently
involved in the Iran issue _ France, Germany, Britain, Russia, China and
the United States first set an agenda for talks with Iran.
"We must, on the one hand, together, Iran and the six countries, meet and
set an agenda for negotiations then start negotiations. Then, during
these negotiations I suggest that the six renounce seizing the U.N.
Security Council and Iran renounces uranium enrichment during
negotiations, " Chirac said.
He spoke before heading to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. It was
not immediately clear whether he would meet with Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his stay.
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