Russia insists UN draft resolution on Iran needs adjustment
www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-07 01:52:32
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/07/content_4516180.htm MOSCOW, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The draft resolution on Iran submitted by European countries to the UN Security Council "needs adjustment," Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said here on Saturday.
"Russia has come out with the proposal, whose essence is Iran's freezing uranium enrichment works for the period of work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on rebuilding confidence in the character of the Iranian nuclear program," Kislyak was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.
France and Britain, backed by the United States, introduced Wednesday a new draft resolution to the UN Security Council demanding Iran suspend all enrichment activities immediately or face possible sanctions.
The draft invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, under which the council can resort to economic or diplomatic sanctions, or even military action, to ensure its decisions are implemented.