Iran Nuclear Watch: G-8 Foreign Ministers to Nudge Iran?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) attends in Tehran, June 27, 2006.
Reuters: Iran to dominate G8 foreign ministers’ meeting
Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations meet in Moscow on Thursday to decide how best to nudge Iran to give a clear answer to proposals aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear plans.
Iran has yet to reply to the June 6 offer of incentives from six world powers to persuade it to stop enriching uranium without oversight by international atomic energy monitors.
The West fears Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program but Tehran says the enrichment is for atomic power generation.
The European Union and United States have called for an Iranian reply in “weeks, not months” after Iran said it would not reply until late August. They indicated they would like it before a summit of G8 leaders on July 15-17.
Russia, which has signed up to the incentive package but has supported Iran’s nuclear energy program, is pushing energy security as the main topic of the summit being held in the second city of St Petersburg. It is unlikely to want to see the main event overshadowed by Iran, a G8 source said.
But, the G-8 Europeans will hand-wring about the Iranian nuclear crisis. But, the ball is in their court.
Iran MUST accept the Big 6 Proposal or face United Nations Security Council sanctions. Iran must halt uranium enrichment.
Iran won’t, but, will stall a decision until after the G-8 summit meeting in Russia on July 15-17.
No further negotiation is necessary by the Big 6 – JUST REFER IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL.
Stay tuned…….
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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