Moscow Times: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Confronts French Minister Over Iran

[Purveyor]

Source: Moscow Times

Acting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner that neither military force nor unilateral sanctions were acceptable in dealing with Iran's nuclear program.

Kouchner, a prominent member of the European left and the co-founder of Doctors Without Borders, was received warmly by human rights groups, which praised his strong interest in the situation in the North Caucasus and Chechnya in particular.

But it was clear at a press conference Tuesday that Kouchner's two-day visit, the first by a high-level French government official since the election of President Nicolas Sarkozy in May, had generated little in the way of common ground on Iran or the future status of Kosovo.

"We are seriously concerned about increasingly frequent reports that military action against Iran is being seriously considered," Lavrov told reporters after meeting with Kouchner, Interfax reported. He added that the results of the use of force were already extremely serious in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere and that there were no military solutions to modern problems.



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[Middle finga]

1. I'd like to see France wimpy asses talk tough to Russia like they

are doing with Iran. Sarkozy must be trying to take Blair's spot on Bush's lap.

[Delphinus]

2. I'm seriously concerned too

and I'm glad to read this was discussed.