DIPLOMACY Obama calls on China's Hu to work together on Iran nuclear standoff IRAN Timeline of Iran's nuclear crisis Date created : 08/04/2010 Print Comment Send this page
AFP - The United States said it was pushing for a deal on new UN sanctions against Iran "within weeks" as six major powers met Thursday for some hard bargaining on a Security Council resolution.
"It's a very important negotiation,
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The envoys of Britain, China, France,
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Speaking shortly before the meeting, US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, told reporters at UN headquarters: "I am not prepared to predict when they (the talks) will conclude or not."
"We are working to get this done swiftly, within a matter of weeks in the spring," she added.
In Prague, US and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev warned Iran of possible sanctions shortly after signing a landmark disarmament deal.
The two leaders said Iran could expect sanctions if it maintains its refusal to halt uranium enrichment and cooperate with UN atomic watchdog inspectors amid Western suspicions that it is seeking a bomb.
Obama called for "smart" and "strong" sanctions by the United Nations,
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And Medvedev told a joint press conference that "we cannot close our eyes" to Tehran "not reacting to an array of constructive compromise proposals."
"The Chinese are an active party to the (sanctions) negotiations in New York,
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China, which for weeks had resisted discussing in earnest the specific proposals agreed by the United States and its key European western allies,
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"China will participate in the relevant discussions," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in Beijing Thursday.
However he added that Beijing,
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The United States and its Western allies believe Tehran is using uranium enrichment as a cover to build nuclear weapons,
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"We discussed the categories of a new resolution. We are into the heart of discussing what should be in the resolution,
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The 15-member Security Council, including China, has already imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
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