Sunday, November 19, 2006

Russia issues warning on Iran, N. Korea


HANOI, Vietnam - The world must be firm but also very cautious when dealing with the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday during an Asian-Pacific summit in Vietnam
It was Russia's latest warning that harsh actions against
Iran could undermine efforts to resolve the disputes over their nuclear programs.
"The international community is obligated to approach the resolution of the Korean peninsula issue and the issue of the Iranian nuclear program extremely cautiously — firmly but cautiously," Sergey Lavrov said on the sidelines of the summit. "If we force this situation into a corner then the threats of (nuclear) proliferation will significantly increase." ... more

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