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| Powers to offer Iran sanctions relief at nuclear talks |
| 2013-02-27 |
| [Egypt Independent] Major powers will offer Iran some sanctions relief during talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week if Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear program, a US official said on Monday. But the Islamic Theocratic Republiccould face more economic pain if it fails to address international concerns about its atomic activities, the official said ahead of the 26-27 February meeting in the central Asian state, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... "There will be continued sanctions enforcement ... there are other areas where pressure can be put," the official said, on the eve of the first round of negotiations between Iran and six world powers in eight months. A spokesperson for European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the talks with Iran on behalf of the powers, said Tehran should understand that there was an "urgent need to make concrete and tangible progress" in Kazakhstan. Both Russia and the United States stressed there was not an unlimited amount of time to resolve a dispute that has raised fears of a new war in the Middle East. "The window for a diplomatic solution simply cannot by definition remain open forever. But it is open today. It is open now," US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... told a news conference in London. "There is still time but there is only time if Iran makes the decision to come to the table and negotiate in good faith." Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said there was "no more time to waste," Interfax news agency quoted him as saying in Almaty. |
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