Iran Nuclear Watch: EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana to Meet with Iran’s Ali Larijani on Saturday
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a meeting with students and scientists in Tehran September 5, 2006.
AP: Iran-EU meeting Sat. seen as last chance
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Thursday that he expects to hold talks with Iran’s top nuclear envoy on Saturday. The talks are considered a final attempt to determine whether there is common ground to start negotiations between Iran and the five
U.N. Security Council nations, plus Germany.Solana did not release the location of Saturday’s meeting, to be held with Iran’s Ali Larijani.
Meanwhile, key European nations warned that Iran is trying to weaken international opposition to its contentious nuclear program by stalling on giving a clear response to terms set by the six world powers for negotiations, according to a confidential document obtained Thursday.
“The Iranian goal obviously is to split the international community,” said the document, drawn up by Britain, France and Germany, and made available to The Associated Press ahead of a key meeting of the five Security Council nations and Germany.
Well, DUH!
But, the real obstructionists to United Nation’s sanctions against Iran are UNSC permanent members Russia and China. They will block any meaningful economic/trade sanctions against Iran while Iran plays the Europeans for fools in the Western media cycle.
Will the toothless and feckless Europeans have the will to sanction Iran?
Doubtful
The EU needs Persian Gulf Oil for their economies and France has a large immigrant Muslim population who has a propensity to riot and burn down Paris at the least provocation.
America and Israel are alone in preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) arrive for a press conference in EU Headquarters in Brussels, July 2006. EU-Iran talks to kickstart negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and give it a chance to avoid UN sanctions have been postponed at the last minute, a senior Iranian official said.
The P-5-Plus-1 nations are meeting today in Berlin.
There will be an announcement – probably meaningless and leaks about possible UNSC sanctions.
Stay tuned for the Saturday meeting and more provocative Iranian statements on their right to make nuclear weapons enrich uranium.
Captain Ed has Even Europeans Recognize Iran’s Stall Strategy
We will know more after today. The six nations that promulgated the incentive package for Teheran meet today in Berlin to discuss their options. If they want to demonstrate some resolve against Iran’s provocations, the time is upon them. If they do not meet the challenge, we will know that the international community will have once again abdicated their responsibility — and freed the US to pursue its own solutions to the problem.
Indeed…..
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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