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| Rice seeks Russian backing on Iran |
| 2007-12-07 |
| Armed with the full support of NATO allies, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will try to convince a skeptical Russia that it should back U.S. plans to step up pressure on Iran to suspend its nuclear activities. Having won NATO endorsement to stay the course despite a new U.S. intelligence assessment that concludes Iran stopped its atomic weapons development program in 2003, Rice was to meet Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who has become the public face of opposition to new U.N. sanctions. On the sidelines of a NATO meeting already beset by alliance differences with Russia over U.S. plans for European missile defense and troop deployments in Europe, Rice and Lavrov were to discuss Washington's surprising revision of its view of Iranian nuclear intentions. The National Intelligence Estimate, released Monday, credited intense diplomatic activity for Iran's decision on weapons. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #4 TOPIX > RUSSIA TO IGNORE US CALLS FOR IRAN SANCTIONS [UNO]; + KOMMERSANT > DISREGARING CFE TREATY MEANS THE US IS FREE IN MOVING TROOPS. Russ general warns that USA is free to locate and buildup its force- and weapons-levels in and around Europe, ala COLD WAR. *Also from KOMMERSANT > Russ Communists are reportedly tacitly ignoring the results of the recent Russ election, argguing it is false and fraudulent, and will take their protests to the Russ Duma. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-07 19:20 |
| #3 Why did that report come out just when we were seeking China/Russians approval for further sanctions?????? Bad timing or Some ones/bodies agenda???? |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-12-07 11:57 |
| #2 Backing for what... "pressure"? This is a joke. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-07 09:10 |
| #1 I'm sure she wants a pony too. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-12-07 09:06 |