EU drops demand for UN Council report of Iran: diplomats
Posted on: Thursday, 22 September 2005, 02:57 CDT
VIENNA (Reuters) - The EU's three biggest powers have backed down from a demand that the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the U.N. Security Council this week due to fierce opposition from Russia and China, diplomats said on Thursday.
Several diplomats from the European Union's "big three" -- France, Britain and Germany -- told Reuters that they had dropped the demand in the interest of getting a unanimous resolution approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors, which is meeting this week.
Iran's official IRNA news agency also confirmed this, citing Germany's ambassador to the IAEA, Herbert Honsowitz, as saying: "The EU has withdrawn its request to send Iran's case to the Security Council."
Source: REUTERS
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