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Russia calls for clear Iran resolution
8/5/2006 10:56

"Clear and long-term moves" should be adopted by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Iranian nuclear issue,Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said here in an interview published on Friday.

Russia insists a planned UNSC resolution on Iran "clearly prescribe specific long-term moves so that nobody is able to arbitrarily interpret its points in their own interest," Kamynin was quoted by the newspaper Vremya Novostei as saying.

The political directors of the foreign ministries of Russia, the United States, China, France, Britain and Germany "were unable to work out a single approach either to the text of the resolution or to its principles at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday," Kamynin said.

A meeting of the five UNSC permanent members plus Germany broke up in Paris on Tuesday without reaching agreement on a common stand over Iran.

The United States, Britain and France have circulated a UNSC resolution demanding that Iran stop its uranium enrichment activity, otherwise they (UNSC) have indicated they might push for targeted sanctions. The United State has refused to rule out military action.

Kamynin said that experts are currently drafting the resolution for a planned meeting of the foreign ministers of those countries to take place in New York on Monday.

"However, no specific text is on the agenda yet because the positions of the parties do not coincide except for their basic principles," Kamynin said.



Xinhua News