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Iran faces choice whether to remain isolated
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 US President George W. Bush said Thursday that it is was up to Iran whether it would remain isolated by the world community because of its nuclear program. "The Iranians walked away from the table. They made the decision, and the choice is theirs," Bush said at the White House after meeting at the White House with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Britain, France and Germany have prepared a package of incentives to try to persuade Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment work. The United States and its allies are also pushing for a UN Security Council resolution that could eventually trigger sanctions against Tehran. China and Russia oppose any punitive sanctions on Iran. Bush said that should Iran choose to cooperate with the world community, an "enhanced package" of benefits awaits. "If they would like to see an enhanced package, they have to suspend, for the good of the world," the US president said. "It's incredible dangerous to think of an Iran with a nuclear weapon," Bush added. Although the US-British summit focused largely on events in Iraq, Bush said he and Blair "spent a great deal of time talking about the Iranian issue." "One of the goals that Tony and I had was to convince others in the world that Iran with a nuclear weapon would be very dangerous," he said. Bush said that the United States and Britain also "spent a lot of time upstairs talking about how to convince the Iranians that this coalition we put together is very serious," including possible sanctions to be applied by the United Nations Security Council. The US leader stressed that the international community's quarrel is not with Iranians, but with the current Iranian regime. "We have no beef with the Iranian people," the US president said. "As a matter of fact, the United States respects the culture and history of Iran. And we want there to be an Iran that's confident and ... we want women in Iran to be free. "At the same time, we're going to continue to work with a government that is intransigent, that won't budge," Bush said. "We've got to continue to work to convince them that we're serious, that if they want to be isolated from the world, we will work to, you know, to achieve that. Top officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States met in London on Wednesday to discuss what action to take against Iran, which has been accused by Washington and its allies of secretly moving toward making a nuclear bomb. Meanwhile, foreign ministers from the six nations were planning to meet next week in a still-undetermined European capital to discuss the Iran nuclear dispute. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
US envoy rules out new incentives to draw North Korea back to talks
Seoul (AFP) May 25, 2006 The US envoy to six-party nuclear disarmament talks again ruled out any new incentives to draw North Korea back to the negotiating table as he arrived in South Korea Thursday . |
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