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WORLD WAR III NEWS, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2006 AD....Russia and West Split on Iran Nuclear Issue |
www.nytimes.com/
March 7, 2006
Russia and West Split on Iran Nuclear Issue
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
VIENNA, March 6 =E2=80=94 A serious rift emerged Monday when Russia split
with the United States and Europe over Iran's nuclear program after the
Russians floated a last-minute proposal to allow Iran to make small
quantities of nuclear fuel, according to European officials.
The reports of the proposal prompted Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice to call Mohamed ElBaradei, the director of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, and according to an administration official who
was briefed on the conversation, "she said the United States cannot
support this."
Ms. Rice's call came after Dr. ElBaradei suggested to reporters that
the standoff with Iran could be resolved in a week or so, apparently an
allusion to the Russian proposal. Washington's strategy is to get past
the meeting of the I.A.E.A. that opened Monday and, under a resolution
passed by the agency's board in February, have the issue turned over to
the United Nations Security Council immediately. But officials clearly
fear that the Russian proposal is intended to slow that process.
American officials said they had been assured by the Russians that
there was no formal proposal on the table. The Russian foreign
minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, had dinner in Washington on Monday evening
with Ms. Rice and the national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, and he
is scheduled to meet President Bush in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Under the Russian proposal, Iran would temporarily suspend all uranium
enrichment activities at its facility at Natanz but then be allowed to
do what Russia describes as "limited research activities" in Iran's
uranium enrichment program, said the European officials, who spoke on
condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic rules.
Iran would have to agree to a moratorium on production of enriched
uranium on an industrial scale for between seven to nine years, ratify
additional measures that let the nuclear agency conduct intrusive
inspections of its nuclear facilities and create a joint venture with
Russia on the production of enriched uranium on Russian soil, the
officials said. The proposal, which has not been made public, spurred
Dr. ElBaradei to give an upbeat assessment about a possible swift
resolution of the impasse over Iran's program, an official familiar
with his thinking said.
In a tonal shift, Dr. ElBaradei said Iran had made concessions on some
issues. Calling Iran's activities at its uranium enrichment plant at
Natanz "the sticking point," he added, "That issue is still being
discussed this week, and I still hope that in the next week or so that
agreement could still be reached."
In an interview on Monday evening, R. Nicholas Burns, the under
secretary of state for political affairs, said the administration would
reject any proposal that did not require the Iranians to stop domestic
nuclear enrichment and reprocessing activities. "The United States will
not support any halfway measures," he said. "That means full suspension
of all nuclear activities, and a return to negotiations on that basis."
Ms. Rice told Dr. ElBaradei that Washington wanted to see Iran's case
before the Security Council as soon as this week's agency board meeting
was over; that the United States would seek a presidential statement,
which does not carry the weight of a resolution, noting Iran's past
failures to comply with its international commitments; and that Iran's
case would then be sent back to the nuclear agency for further review,
according to an official with knowledge of the conversation.
The Russian proposal is a reversal of its previous stance and seemed
motivated by its determination to protect Iran from judgment by the
Security Council.
Russia =E2=80=94 and even China =E2=80=94 had joined the United States and =
the
Europeans in demanding that Iran resume a freeze of uranium enrichment
activities at Natanz, reflecting mounting global suspicion that Iran's
nuclear program is intended to produce weapons.
The Russian proposal surfaced late last week, when Sergei Kisliak,
Russia's chief nuclear negotiator, presented it to officials of
Britain, France and Germany.
He said Iran would have to resume full suspension of all
enrichment-related activities, including what it calls its small-scale
"research and development" while the agreement on the package was
negotiated. Once there was an agreement, however, Iran would be allowed
to conduct limited uranium enrichment research activities under a pilot
program as agreed with the I.A.E.A.
As soon as Iran and the agency agreed on the small-scale enrichment,
Iran's Parliament would ratify the "Additional Protocol" to Iran's
nuclear agreement. That protocol gives the nuclear agency's inspectors
the right to ask for exceptional access to Iran's nuclear facilities.
When one of the Europeans asked Mr. Kisliak for his definition of a
pilot program, he said there was no real definition, one official said.
A moratorium on industrial-scale enrichment and reprocessing activities
would last two to three years while the nuclear agency carried out an
investigation of Iran's past nuclear activities and five to six years
more until trust with Iran could be rebuilt.
Mr. Kisliak conceded that a major risk of such a package was that Iran
would inch closer to mastering the technology for a small cascade of
centrifuges that turn uranium gas into enriched uranium that can be
used to produce electricity or to make bombs. He added that it would
shorten the period needed for Iran to "manufacture a weapon" by a
number of months, one official familiar with the briefing said.
Iran has always contended its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes,
although Russia, like the United States and the Europeans, is convinced
it intends to make nuclear weapons.
Mr. Kisliak speculated that Iran was unlikely to accept the proposal,
in part because of the long-term constraints on its industrial-scale
enrichment program. The proposal threatened to derail a carefully
formulated, but fragile strategy to send Iran's case to the Security
Council. Last month's resolution by the nuclear agency board demanded
that no action be taken in the Council until after the current board
meeting, a way to give Iran one last chance to comply with agency
demands.
Even though there is no specific timetable to seek economic sanctions
on Iran, both Russia and China are opposed to sanctions. There is no
need for another resolution to be passed by the agency board this time
for the Security Council to act. Certainly, Dr. ElBaradei is looking
for a negotiated solution to the Iran impasse even if it means giving
Iran a significant concession on making nuclear fuel.
In a conversation with the German and French foreign ministers, a
senior British Foreign Office envoy and the European Union's foreign
policy chief, Javier Solana, in Vienna last Friday, Dr. ElBaradei
expressed the view that Iran needed to continue some uranium enrichment
work as a face-saving measure, a European official said. The Europeans,
who met earlier with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani,
replied that it was not a question of saving face but of maintaining
both the credibility of the nuclear agency and a firm position toward
Iran.
The crucial issue for Iran is mastering the fuel cycle by enriching
uranium. Indeed, in Tehran on Sunday, Mr. Larijani reiterated Iran's
position that it would not freeze small-scale production of nuclear
fuel even if its case came before the Security Council.
David E. Sanger contributed reporting from Washington for this article.
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07 Mar 2006 02:14:58 AM |
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'WALLY', your are only paying "LIP SERVICE" to these Fear Mongering sites that really do not
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www.nytimes.com/
March 7, 2006
Russia and West Split on Iran Nuclear Issue
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
VIENNA, March 6 - A serious rift emerged Monday when Russia split
with the United States and Europe over Iran's nuclear program after the
Russians floated a last-minute proposal to allow Iran to make small
quantities of nuclear fuel, according to European officials.
The reports of the proposal prompted Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice to call Mohamed ElBaradei, the director of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, and according to an administration official who
was briefed on the conversation, "she said the United States cannot
support this."
Ms. Rice's call came after Dr. ElBaradei suggested to reporters that
the standoff with Iran could be resolved in a week or so, apparently an
allusion to the Russian proposal. Washington's strategy is to get past
the meeting of the I.A.E.A. that opened Monday and, under a resolution
passed by the agency's board in February, have the issue turned over to
the United Nations Security Council immediately. But officials clearly
fear that the Russian proposal is intended to slow that process.
American officials said they had been assured by the Russians that
there was no formal proposal on the table. The Russian foreign
minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, had dinner in Washington on Monday evening
with Ms. Rice and the national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, and he
is scheduled to meet President Bush in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Under the Russian proposal, Iran would temporarily suspend all uranium
enrichment activities at its facility at Natanz but then be allowed to
do what Russia describes as "limited research activities" in Iran's
uranium enrichment program, said the European officials, who spoke on
condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic rules.
Iran would have to agree to a moratorium on production of enriched
uranium on an industrial scale for between seven to nine years, ratify
additional measures that let the nuclear agency conduct intrusive
inspections of its nuclear facilities and create a joint venture with
Russia on the production of enriched uranium on Russian soil, the
officials said. The proposal, which has not been made public, spurred
Dr. ElBaradei to give an upbeat assessment about a possible swift
resolution of the impasse over Iran's program, an official familiar
with his thinking said.
In a tonal shift, Dr. ElBaradei said Iran had made concessions on some
issues. Calling Iran's activities at its uranium enrichment plant at
Natanz "the sticking point," he added, "That issue is still being
discussed this week, and I still hope that in the next week or so that
agreement could still be reached."
In an interview on Monday evening, R. Nicholas Burns, the under
secretary of state for political affairs, said the administration would
reject any proposal that did not require the Iranians to stop domestic
nuclear enrichment and reprocessing activities. "The United States will
not support any halfway measures," he said. "That means full suspension
of all nuclear activities, and a return to negotiations on that basis."
Ms. Rice told Dr. ElBaradei that Washington wanted to see Iran's case
before the Security Council as soon as this week's agency board meeting
was over; that the United States would seek a presidential statement,
which does not carry the weight of a resolution, noting Iran's past
failures to comply with its international commitments; and that Iran's
case would then be sent back to the nuclear agency for further review,
according to an official with knowledge of the conversation.
The Russian proposal is a reversal of its previous stance and seemed
motivated by its determination to protect Iran from judgment by the
Security Council.
Russia - and even China - had joined the United States and the
Europeans in demanding that Iran resume a freeze of uranium enrichment
activities at Natanz, reflecting mounting global suspicion that Iran's
nuclear program is intended to produce weapons.
The Russian proposal surfaced late last week, when Sergei Kisliak,
Russia's chief nuclear negotiator, presented it to officials of
Britain, France and Germany.
He said Iran would have to resume full suspension of all
enrichment-related activities, including what it calls its small-scale
"research and development" while the agreement on the package was
negotiated. Once there was an agreement, however, Iran would be allowed
to conduct limited uranium enrichment research activities under a pilot
program as agreed with the I.A.E.A.
As soon as Iran and the agency agreed on the small-scale enrichment,
Iran's Parliament would ratify the "Additional Protocol" to Iran's
nuclear agreement. That protocol gives the nuclear agency's inspectors
the right to ask for exceptional access to Iran's nuclear facilities.
When one of the Europeans asked Mr. Kisliak for his definition of a
pilot program, he said there was no real definition, one official said.
A moratorium on industrial-scale enrichment and reprocessing activities
would last two to three years while the nuclear agency carried out an
investigation of Iran's past nuclear activities and five to six years
more until trust with Iran could be rebuilt.
Mr. Kisliak conceded that a major risk of such a package was that Iran
would inch closer to mastering the technology for a small cascade of
centrifuges that turn uranium gas into enriched uranium that can be
used to produce electricity or to make bombs. He added that it would
shorten the period needed for Iran to "manufacture a weapon" by a
number of months, one official familiar with the briefing said.
Iran has always contended its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes,
although Russia, like the United States and the Europeans, is convinced
it intends to make nuclear weapons.
Mr. Kisliak speculated that Iran was unlikely to accept the proposal,
in part because of the long-term constraints on its industrial-scale
enrichment program. The proposal threatened to derail a carefully
formulated, but fragile strategy to send Iran's case to the Security
Council. Last month's resolution by the nuclear agency board demanded
that no action be taken in the Council until after the current board
meeting, a way to give Iran one last chance to comply with agency
demands.
Even though there is no specific timetable to seek economic sanctions
on Iran, both Russia and China are opposed to sanctions. There is no
need for another resolution to be passed by the agency board this time
for the Security Council to act. Certainly, Dr. ElBaradei is looking
for a negotiated solution to the Iran impasse even if it means giving
Iran a significant concession on making nuclear fuel.
In a conversation with the German and French foreign ministers, a
senior British Foreign Office envoy and the European Union's foreign
policy chief, Javier Solana, in Vienna last Friday, Dr. ElBaradei
expressed the view that Iran needed to continue some uranium enrichment
work as a face-saving measure, a European official said. The Europeans,
who met earlier with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani,
replied that it was not a question of saving face but of maintaining
both the credibility of the nuclear agency and a firm position toward
Iran.
The crucial issue for Iran is mastering the fuel cycle by enriching
uranium. Indeed, in Tehran on Sunday, Mr. Larijani reiterated Iran's
position that it would not freeze small-scale production of nuclear
fuel even if its case came before the Security Council.
David E. Sanger contributed reporting from Washington for this article.
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07 Mar 2006 02:53:10 AM |
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And, it appears you Cross Posting like a Banshee (Or a Moron).
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