Bush, Europe, warn Iran over nuclear program
AFP
June 10, 2008
US President George W. Bush and European leaders warned Iran Tuesday of new sanctions if Tehran refuses to halt a nuclear programme the West suspects to be a covert atomic weapons drive.
“Iran with a nuclear weapon would be incredibly dangerous for world peace,” Bush said at a joint press conference after his final US-European Union summit. “Now’s the time for all of us to work together to stop them.”
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The US president dismissed talk of divisions between hardline Washington and Europe, which plans a new package of diplomatic and economic incentives if Iran will verifiably halt uranium enrichment.
“We’re on the same page,” he declared.
Bush expressed sympathy with Israeli talk of military action against the Islamic republic if diplomacy failed.
“You’d be a little nervous too if a leader in your neighbourhood announced that he’d like to destroy you,” he said, a reference to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s repeated predictions that Israel would be wiped off the map.
But Bush omitted past warnings that he has not ruled out using force.
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“Now’s the time for there to be strong diplomacy,” he said, as the EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, prepared to travel to Tehran with a new incentives plan.
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