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Russia FM: no reason to impose sanctions on Iran
2006-09-25
London, Sep. 24 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday Moscow saw no grounds for imposing sanctions on Iran over its controversial nuclear program, the news agency Itar-Tass reported. "Russia has never set factitious terms to reach conflict settlement. Our goal is to ensure the inviolability of the non-proliferation regime", Lavrov said.

"Russia is not sitting idle and waiting for how the EU High Representative Javier SolanaÂ’s talks on Iran will end. It is actively working with the Iranian counterparts to ensure a maximally favourable result of such contacts", he added.
And he already knows how the talks with Solana will end.
"All partakers in the talks call for pooling efforts to settle the problem by political and diplomatic means. There are enough possibilities for finding such solution to the problem", he said, adding that he believed that the efforts of Solana and the international community would help resume talks with Tehran.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  I guess he means go straight to "bomb Iran back into the Stone Age" without passing Go.

(Nuance: It should be noted that there were no muslims living in the Stone Age.)
Posted by: RWV   2006-09-25 14:51  

#8  Translation: The nukes won't be pointed at them.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-25 12:25  

#7  So we're agreed that the military option is the way to go, instead? Because it's either Plan A or Plan B. There is no Plan C.

Nice to have you sign on, Sergei.
Posted by: Jackal   2006-09-25 10:01  

#6  Or the Crimean kerfluffle.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-25 07:43  

#5  2. Russia traditionally aligns itself with France.

With the exception of that spot of unpleasantness in 1812.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-09-25 07:32  

#4  The Russian game?

1. Muslims make up a higher proportion of Russia's population than Indias.

2. Russia traditionally aligns itself with France.

3. Russia borders Iran and does not want to see yet another regime on its border replaced by one that would welcome U. S. troops

4. Russia is an oil and natural gas exporter and benefits from high prices and the political turnoil that creates them.

5. Russia, like most of the EU countries, still hates the American Way.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-25 06:48  

#3  No reason to impose sanctions on Iraq

Certainly not just because we promised!
Posted by: Bobby   2006-09-25 06:01  

#2  twobyfour, the answer to all of the above is, "yes".
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-25 03:55  

#1  Dunno what Russian game is. It seems that they are permanently stuck on stupid. Those few bucks they gain momentarily would cost them 1000x later. Or are they counting on US action and trying to skim as much as they can before that happens? It would be still a risky undertaking with unintended consequences down the line.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-09-25 03:04  

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