Major powers fail to agree on Iran Strategy

[katty]

con'd:
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060509/2006-05-09T075844Z_01_N09243624_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-NUCLEAR-IRAN-DC.html

Major powers fail to agree on Iran strategy

May 9, 3:58 AM (ET)


By Carol Giacomo and Sue Pleming

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Foreign ministers of major powers failed to come up with a joint strategy for dealing with Iran after Tehran sought to influence the negotiations with a stunning last-minute diplomatic maneuver, officials said.

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said a U.S.-hosted, three-hour meeting on Monday of ministers from Russia, Britain, China and Germany did not reach agreement.

"We are still considering our work," he told reporters after the late night session had ended.

A senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the meeting agreed that Iran must pay a price for not complying with U.N. resolutions but did not come to terms on what form that would take.

[Robbien]

1. Interesting. Canadian paper has a different "secret source"

UNITED NATIONS - Key Security Council countries agreed Tuesday to present Iran with a choice of benefits or sanctions in deciding whether to suspend uranium enrichment, a move that will delay a UN resolution to curb Iran's nuclear program, a European official said.

Political directors from the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France as well as Germany made the decision to present Tehran with the possible carrots and sticks at a meeting after their foreign ministers failed Monday night to reach agreement on the resolution.

As a result of Tuesday's decision, political directors from the three European countries that had been spearheading negotiations with Iran will spend the next few days preparing a package of benefits and sanctions, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made.

The package will be presented to European Union foreign ministers on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, and when approved will be presented to the Iranian government, the official said.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=640bb4e9-82e0-4a1f-aa5f-9a03f8df8e16&k=78209

[katty]

2. ah yes, the spin-ergy from the "sources" begins

[genieroze]

3. Oh yes, to good old anonymous source.