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| Turkish PM to visit Brazil as UN mulls Iran sanctions |
| 2010-05-21 |
| BRASILIA - The leaders of the two UN Security Council countries holding out against new sanctions on Iran, Turkey and Brazil, are to meet next week, diplomats from both countries told AFP. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make a three-day visit to Brazil from next Wednesday, during which he will see Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, they said. Erdogan and Lula this week struck a deal with Iran over its nuclear program they thought would defuse a push by the United States to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran in the UN Security Council. But Washington and its allies dismissed Tehran's agreement to send around half its stock of low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for better-enriched nuclear fuel. On Tuesday, the United States submitted a UN resolution calling for an international clampdown on Iranian banks, shipping and business dealings that could be linked to its nuclear activities. Brazil and Turkey on Wednesday issued a joint letter demanding their agreement with Iran be considered, and that the sanctions push be dropped. The countries are two of the 10 non-permanent Security Council members without the veto power of the five permanent members over resolutions. The resolution needs nine votes in the 15-seat Security Council chamber to pass. Erdogan is to be in Sao Paulo next Wednesday to inaugurate a new Turkish consulate and speak at a business conference, according to the diplomats. On Thursday, he was to see Lula over a working lunch in Brasilia. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 See also DEBKA > THE THIRD WORLD NUCLEAR CLUB. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-21 23:24 |