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| Wishful Thinking -- Iran's Asefi: More negotiators may join EU3 |
| 2005-10-10 |
| Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said the US officials have conveyed contradictory and ambiguous positions with regard to Iran's nuclear activities, noting that new negotiators are expected to join EU3 (Britain, France and Germany). Asefi made the remark while speaking to domestic and foreign reporters during his weekly press conference, IRNA reported. "Why is the United States not destroying its nuclear weapons if these are bad? Why does it not launch a global campaign to destroy nuclear weapons? We have repeatedly said Iran does not seek nuclear weapons. The United States wants to propagate a public policy that has no clear end," he said. The spokesman also said US President George W. Bush has antagonized the Muslim world and "this will not be beneficial to the US administration." He expressed his regret to the American people for having such a president. Asefi urged US officials to seek the international public opinion, "if they were truly interested in knowing the views of the world about themselves." Asefi also warmly felicitated International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Mohamed ElBaradei for winning this year's Nobel peace prize for his untiring efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. He urged ElBaradei to continue the IAEA's professional approach to resolving nuclear issues. On the possibility of resuming nuclear negotiations with the EU3, he said, "Currently efforts are being made to name new participants to join in the negotiations which will be announced in the near future. We do not shun negotiations because we believe it will push forward our position. Other ways of resolving the issue such as making threats will bear no fruit." Concerning the recent threats made against Iran by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the continuation of negotiations with Britain, Asefi said Iranian officials do not wish to keep Britain out of the nuclear talks. "Britain?s threats against Iran were properly dealt with and we avoid mixing various matters. Nuclear negotiations are distinct from Britain's threats. Since we believe Britain is responsible for the unrest in southern Iran, they have no right to make claims against Iran as the accused party," he said. Talking trash and pretending the game is still on. Yewbetcha. Wish real hard and click your heels together 3 times. See who comes running to play another round... besides Elbaradei and the |
| Posted by:.com |
| #1 It's like the ant who thinks he's going to get even by stinging the bottom of my shoe. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-10-10 07:27 |