Posted on 02/15/2006 6:12:18 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
VIENNA, February 15 (Itar-Tass) - Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns against imposing sanctions on Iran.
“Sanctions, should they ever be imposed on Iran, will not help solve the situation,” he said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency “should continue its work to clear up questions over Iran’s nuclear activity in the past,” Lavrov said.
“It is necessary for Iran not only not to secede from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons but also to return to the negotiating table,” Lavrov said on Wednesday.
“We must create conditions for the presence of the IAEA in Iran and for Tehran’s interaction with the Agency,” he added.
“We will press for the implementation of the decisions that are supported by China, the European troika, and the U.S.,” Lavrov said on Wednesday.
“We must act together in order to get some result,” he said.
What wrong MR FM afraid we find out Made in Moscow bumper sticker on those nuke material HMMM
Drunk Russian official alert!
Buying Iran some time, that is all I see.
They will. One way or another.
It's sad to think that the evil empire isn't dead. I had thought President Reagan had slain the beast.
How about outright bribery? Saddam did so, why not the Iranians? Here's the list of oil vouchers received by Russians:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1067157/posts
""Russia: The Russian state itself received 1,366,000,000 barrels. The list also included the following:
Companies belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party received 79.8 million barrels - the list notes the name of party president Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The Russian Communist Party received 1 million barrels. The Lukoil company received 63 million barrels. The Russneft company received 35.5 million barrels. Vladimir Putin's Peace and Unity Party received 34 million barrels - the list notes the name of party chairwoman Saji Umalatova. The Gazprom company received 26 million barrels. The Soyuzneftgaz company received 25.5 million barrels - the list notes the name Shafrannik. The Moscow Oil Company received 25.1 million barrels. The Onako company received 22.2 million barrels. The Sidanco company received 21.2 million barrels. The Russian Association for Solidarity with Iraq received 12.5 million barrels. The Ural Invest company received 8.5 million barrels. Russneft Gazexport received 12.5 million barrels. The Transneft company received 9 million barrels. The Sibneft company received 8.1 million barrels. The Stroyneftgaz company received 6 million barrels. The Russian Committee for Solidarity with the People of Iraq received 6.5 million barrels - the list notes the name of committee chairman Rudasev. The Russian Orthodox Church received 5 million barrels. The Moscow Science Academy received 3.5 million barrels. The Chechnya Administration received 2 million barrels. The National Democratic Party received 2 million barrels. The Nordwest group received 2 million barrels. The Yukos company received 2 million barrels. One Russian company which phonetically reads as Zarabsneft received 174.5 million barrels. Vouchers were also granted to the Russian foreign ministry, one under the name of Al-Fayko for 1 million barrels, and one to Yetumin for 30.1 million barrels. The Mashinoimport Company received 1 million barrels. The Slavneft Company received 1 million barrels. The Caspian Invest Company (Kalika) received 1 million barrels. The Tatneft Tatarstan company received 1 million barrels. The Surgutneft company received 1 million barrels. Siberia's oil and gas company received 1 million barrels.
Our beloved 40th President slashed off nearly all the heads of the Soviet Medusa, but like you - I fear that one of them has grown back, more potentially vicious than any of it's predecessors. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics may be dead and gone, but the Union of Sneaky Sly Russians is alive and well.
They are smarter this time. They have makeovers and professional images teams...but they are the same evil that threatened us before.
I do believe that there won't be any sanctions if the Russians excercise their veto power. Probably the best thing that could happen since that would allow us to put the U.N. back in it's box on the shelf and deal with Iran in our own way.
“Sanctions, should they ever be imposed on Iran, will not help solve the situation,” he said.
I have to agree with that completely. Blow them up. That's the only thing that will work.
He's right.
We should bomb them now.
Screw everybody!
I don't want anyone to die but I'm tired of arguing about common sense CRAP!
"“Sanctions, should they ever be imposed on Iran, will not help solve the situation,” he said."
Well, he got this part correct. Sanctions won't do a dam thing. All they'll do is create another oil for food program the opportunist' will skim from.
Didn't ANYBODY except for Iran learn from Saddam & Iraq?
I read the comments of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and I have no doubt he was authorizing a nuclear strike against Iran, should Iran fail to come to their senses.
Less caviar.
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OMG! I'm shocked! /sarcasm off
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