Chirac: Iran Should Not be Referred to UN if Agrees to Nuclear Freeze
18 September 2006
French President Jacques Chirac says the international community should not refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program if Tehran agrees to suspend uranium enrichment during negotiations.
Mr. Chirac made the comment Monday in a European radio interview. He proposed that five other world powers, the United States, Britain, Russia, China and Germany, meet with France to set an agenda for negotiations with Iran to resolve the nuclear dispute.
Mr. Chirac says the six world powers could agree to keep the nuclear dispute out of the U.N., if Iran agrees to renounce uranium enrichment during talks.
He says both sides should make concessions.
Iran ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment by August 31. Washington has said it wants the Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran for rejecting the deadline.
France is one of several Western nations that believe Iran is enriching uranium as part of a plan to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
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