Moscow doubts case for Iran sanctions: EU deputy
Posted on: Thursday, 18 May 2006, 06:03 CDT
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told EU lawmakers on Thursday Moscow remained doubtful international sanctions would persuade Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, a senior parliamentarian said.
"He said he was still not convinced sanctions would work," Elmar Brok, head of the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament told reporters after a closed-door hearing with Lavrov.
Brok said Lavrov had also affirmed that a Russian proposal to enrich uranium on behalf of Iran, whom the West suspects of wanting to produce an atomic bomb, was still on the table.
"It was very clear that he said no nuclear military capacity in Iran, no enrichment capacities. He renewed his proposal that enrichment should take place on Russian soil," Brok said.
Efforts in the U.N. Security Council to agree a resolution paving the way for possible sanctions against Iran if it refuses to halt enrichment foundered last week over resistance from Russia and China.
Lavrov was guarded on the prospects of a European Union plan to offer incentives to Tehran to suspend enrichment, saying he would reserve judgment until the EU offers details of it to Russia, United States and China at a meeting due next week.
Source: REUTERS
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