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Western nations push for new UN sanctions
Six nations on Wednesday agreed to pursue new UN sanctions against Iran after it failed to accept incentives offered in hopes of defusing the dispute over its nuclear programme, the State Department said.
- AP
- Published: 00:07 August 7, 2008
Washington: Six nations on Wednesday agreed to pursue new UN sanctions against Iran after it failed to accept incentives offered in hopes of defusing the dispute over its nuclear programme, the State Department said.
The decision came during a conference call between senior diplomats from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said there was consensus in the group that Iran's latest reply to the offer was "very disappointing" and "a stalling tactic".
"We are very disappointed that Iran has yet again failed to give Javier Solana a clear answer to the ... generous incentives package," he told reporters. "We agreed that we have no choice but to pursue further measures against Iran."
"Given the absence of a clear, positive response from Iran, [the six countries] are discussing next steps in the UN Security Council and beginning to consider the possible outlines of another resolution," Gallegos said.
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