China, Russia unite to resolve Iran row

[bbalegere]

Beijing, Reuters/ PTI:

After more than two weeks of discussions, the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council – China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France – have been unable to agree on a draft statement that tells Iran to stop enriching uranium.

China and Russia are united in pushing for more diplomacy to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, China said here on Tuesday, a day after the two deflected Western moves to authorise UN Security Council sanctions against Iran.

After more than two weeks of discussions, the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council — China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France — have been unable to agree on a draft statement that tells Iran to stop enriching uranium.

“China and Russia have common views on how to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,� China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference.

“Our objectives are to solve the issue in a peaceful way through negotiations,� he said, as Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Beijing.

Qin said China supported a Russian compromise proposal that would allow Iran to use nuclear fuel enriched in an internationally monitored plant on Russian soil, easing fears that Tehran could divert atomic material to develop weapons.

The UN meeting was billed as an attempt to develop a strategy to deter Iran from producing N-weapons but there was vast chasm in the positions taken by the US, Britain and France on one side and Russia and China on the other. The deadlock came as the US and European officials said that Britain had presented US with a strategy. China and Russia inked three major deals on oil and natural gas co-operation on Tuesday.

[bmulligan]

Of course China and Russia are planning on more diplomacy. Iran doesn't hate them, they hate us. All peaceful negociations do in a potential threatening situation is buy time until something else threatening happens.

[Labrocca]

China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France — have been unable to agree on a draft statement that tells Iran to stop enriching uranium

This is why the UN is worthless. It takes 5 countries to tell Iran "stop enriching urnanium or else"...and they can't decide how to do it! Such worthless crap. I mean how many ways is there really to say that? Is there even a wrong way? Fuck..it's not even like Iran is gonna care no matter what those 5 countries say.

[E-Z-B]

The common misperception is that Iran is actively pursuing a nuclear bomb program. Contrary to that perception, there has been no proof that they are pursuing anything other than nuclear POWER capabilities. For anyone who has the bomb, telling them to stop working on nuclear energy capabilities seems hypocritical.

[AlonzoMourning23]

The common misperception is that Iran is actively pursuing a nuclear bomb program.Â*Â*Contrary to that perception, there has been no proof that they are pursuing anything other than nuclear POWER capabilities.Â*Â*For anyone who has the bomb, telling them to stop working on nuclear energy capabilities seems hypocritical.


No one wants Iran to have nuclear weapons, and few trust them enough to have a nuclear program without eventually attempting that goal.

But, then again, no matter what we do, short of doing nothing, makes us hypocrites. We don't care that Israel has nukes, and do absolutely nothing about their nuclear capabilities.

Iran has a legitimate reason to want nuclear weapons, defense. From Israel, the u.s., and any future threatening nations. No one will touch them if they have nuclear weapons.

Though not in any way am I implying that they should have nukes.

[E-Z-B]

I can see the headlines three years from now. Jeb Bush's Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, says "We nor the previous adminstration in no way tried to imply that Iran was developing a nuclear arms program to justify a war with Iran" long after U.S. troops find no such evidence. The justification will then shift to something about the people being oppressed and tortured.

[Old Corps Gunny]

Israel has had nuclear weapons for decades and has yet to use one, not has Israel threatened to use one (although the threat is implicit if the existence of Israel is imminent). Israel has never called for the eradication of any Arab nation (or Persian nation, since Iranians do not consider themselves Arabs).

Calling the US hypocritical because it doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapons capability is riduculous. Their President Ahmedinejad has stated that Israel must be eliminated, has declared his hatred for the US, has modified Russian-supplied missiles to carry nuclear warheads and bought Squall torpedos that were designed to carry nuclear warheads. These are not the actions of a government that has peaceful intentions, nor is the statement of its leader "Be angry at us and die of this anger."

I fully support a diplomatic solution, but Ahmedinejad's refusal to even consider negotiation, his saber rattling and taunts, and Iran's disregard for international law or even ancient custom (the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in the late 70's) is limiting UN and US options. The ball is in Iran's court; if its government insists on manufacturing weapons grade uranium while making bellicose statements and gestures, it shouldn't be surprised if preemptive military action is taken by those that feel threatened.

[December]

Of course China and Russia are planning on more diplomacy. Iran doesn't hate them, they hate us. All peaceful negociations do in a potential threatening situation is buy time until something else threatening happens.

China and Russia are planning on more diplomacy. It was said in 2006. (03-28-2006.)
And two years later nothing has improved.

Today, in 2008, Israel is threatening to bomb Iran.