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10/10/07

Al Jazeera - France And Russia 'Closer' On Iran

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France And Russia 'Closer' On Iran

Sarkozy said Putin agreed that Iran was capable of acquiring nuclear weapons but they differed on whether Tehran would want to do so.France's call for tougher sanctions against Iran had earlier met with some resistance from Russia.Putin is scheduled to travel to Iran next week.

2 comments:

Michael Wilkerson said...

Russia's help might be useful, but unified EU sanctions alone could seriously pressure Iran to compromise. Unfortnately, as German professor Matthias Kuntzel points out, Germany isn't going along with Sarkozy's tougher stance.

Michael Wilkerson said...

Sorry, that article is here if anyone is intersted:

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1230