Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Straw says Iran nuke talks the only way forward

Reuters reports:
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says there is no alternative to Europe's approach of using diplomacy to try to persuade Iran to give up any technology that could be used make nuclear weapons. ...

"Those who said we'd be split apart by the Iranians are wrong," said Straw.

"Those who said we would not be able to negotiate any substantial text are wrong. Those who said we could not build up a degree of trust with Iranians, at the same time as building up a strong consensus with the U.S. and the non-aligned countries, are wrong.

"It has taken a phenomenal amount of work, but so far so good. And it is a better strategy than the alternative." more
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