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We?re cooperating with India on Iran policy: US
The US is coordinating its Iran policy with India and other countries and is hopeful of convincing Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions, a senior Bush administration official has said.
The US is coordinating its Iran policy with India and other countries and is hopeful of convincing Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions, a senior Bush administration official has said.
"The United States is working closely with the Europeans, Russia, India, China and other countries with the hope of forming one increasingly united and purposeful coalition to deter Iran's efforts," Under Secretary for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns said.
"This circle of countries is widening. Iran should listen to the call for it to return to active and sustained negotiations with Europe," he said while speaking at Johns Hopkins University Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
"If Iran does not do so," Burns warned, "...then it will face, at a time of our choosing, a UN Security Council debate to support and reinforce the work of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). Our patience is not unlimited."
Washington recently relented on bringing Iran to the UN Security Council during the IAEA meeting held in Vienna November 24. It did so in the hope that Tehran would agree to a Russian offer to refine reactor grade uranium.
