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| Russian Foreign Minister "Pissed Off" With Iranian Nuke Transfer |
| 2005-09-19 |
| He (Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov) is really pissed off with them (the Iranians)," one Russian diplomat explained to NewsMax's Stewart Stogel. The frank assesment came after a private 30 minute meeting on Sunday between Lavrov and newly minted Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki at U.N. headquarters in New York. Both are attending the annual General Assembly which opened Saturday. Lavrov was concerned about statements coming from new Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran felt no reluctance to offer "peaceful, civilian" nuclear technology to other nations. While some of the technology Ahmadinejad spoke about was developed in Iran, a substantial amount comes from Russia. Russia, a key "guarantor" of the (nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has become extremely sensitive on the issue of technology transfer, especially to Islamic third world countires. Iranian nuke plans hitting a little close, heh, Russia? The Russian Federation has been engaged in a nasty war with an Islamic revolt in the province of Chechnya. Nonetheless, Moscow continues to "finishing touches" on two new "light-water" nuclear power plants in Bushehr on the Iranian Persian Gulf coast. Question: If Russia presumes that their nuclear technology deal with Iran is for peaceful purposes, why would they get so upset with the possibility of Iranian transfer to other Islamic countries, heh? |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #6 It's what we used to call "feudal" in the old days, Lex. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-09-19 23:27 |
| #5 Y'all keep referring to "the Russians," as if there is such a thing as a unitary center of power in Russia that is under Putin's control. Not so. The Russian government doesn't really govern. Russian foreign policy is the sum of the behavior of multiple actors, private and public (and public officials acting in a private capacity), and is without coherence, logic or strategic direction. A northern version of Nigeria + the Pakistani ISI. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-09-19 22:48 |
| #4 It would be pretty funny if the Iranians hand over a working bomb to the Chechens, who then detonate it in Red Square. Actually, not so funny, since the Russians might automatically suspect American perfidy, and launch all their nukes. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-19 22:37 |
| #3 One good thing about having something built by Russians. Guaranteed that at some point in the future, all some other Russian has to do is push a red button on a small transmitter and the whole building will fall down. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-09-19 21:59 |
| #2 Russia seed it's products as export items and doesn't want Iran competing for customers along with it duties under the NPT to control exports of such technology. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-19 21:01 |
| #1 Your customer is now your competition? |
| Posted by: john 2005-09-19 20:59 |