Posted on 11/02/2009 8:59:01 AM PST by La Lydia
PARIS - France and Germany urged Iran on Monday to accept a U.N.-brokered proposal to enrich its nuclear fuel abroad rather than lose time by asking for a further round of talks. The comments from Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner came in response to Iran's request for more negotiations, which added to doubts that a compromise could be found any time soon.
"We are waiting for Iran to formally accept the agreement," Kouchner told a joint news conference...
The International Atomic Energy Agency has drawn up plans for Iran to send potential nuclear fuel to Russia and France for processing. Kouchner pointed out that the proposal was backed by France, the United States, Russia and Germany.
"...If the reply is aimed at delaying matters, as we believe, then we will not accept it," Kouchner said, adding that Iran would only be losing time by prolonging the talks...
Westerwelle...said he had nothing to add to the common position adopted by the leaders, who promised Iran that progress on the nuclear fuel deal would open the way to cooperation with the EU...
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When the chips are down, Bobs will probably defend Iran against France and Germany.
That is why he sits so innocuous in the background.
Remember! The US will never fight with Islam!
When the French and Germans lead, and the US follows, we know how bad things have gotten already in the Obama Presidency.
Sarkozy and Merkel, new leaders of the free world.
We could not be in better hands given the state of our own President Present.
What are they going to do, threaten to taunt them again?
Not one of them have the slightest touch of moral courage. They could be intimidated into silence by a child's frown.
There isn't a man left in power anywhere in the west.
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