Russia Rejects New Measures Against Iran

Source: Agence France-Presse

MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia is against new UN Security Council measures targeting Iran, the foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday after the White House warned of a new round of sanctions.

At a meeting with senior diplomats from the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany on Friday, Russia "said it was against the development at this stage of additional measures in the UN Security Council," the statement said.

"The Russian side underlined the necessity of continuing efforts to restore constructive dialogue with Tehran with the aim of moving forward the negotiation process," the statement said.

The White House on Monday warned Iran that it faced possible new sanctions over its suspect nuclear program, but said poor relations with Russia -- a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council -- could complicate matters.

France echoed the call for sanctions, but China argued on Tuesday that such a move would not resolve the stalemate.

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these thugs' hegemony and oil-grab. They realize they made a mistake in supporting the Iraq sanctions and the US/UK game of using multilateral bodies to further their colonialist/imperialist agenda is over.

No need for sanctions, everyone is a millionaire and things should be left alone as is;


and as for that Iran invasion set for June 2004 talk ?

Aint gonna happen in June '09 either.

jmo