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The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called on Iran to return to the negotiating table.

Lavrov reiterated that Russia still opposed the draft resolution urging Iran to suspend uranium enrichment under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.

the headquarters of the UN in New York, he told reporters: “We do not consider it necessary to discuss in this stage”, referring to Chapter 7.

At the same time, he urged Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying that if Iran cooperates, negotiations could resume as in the past between the European Trio and Iran, with the support of Russia, China and the United States.

The head of Russian diplomacy made the remarks after attending the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the Sudan issue. He said that foreign ministers of six major powers had not discussed the wording of the draft resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue Monday night.

“We just discussed the overall situation related to the Iranian nuclear program,” he said, adding: “Russia is still convinced that we all have the same goal which is to ensure that the Non Proliferation is not violated.

“This has been shared by all participants in the six-party talks and as well as everyone in this building,” he said.

Mr. Lavrov, the Foreign Ministers discussed ways and means to achieve this objective, noting that this issue should be settled through direct negotiations between all parties concerned.

“We can find a solution to one part of ensuring the invulnerability of the nonproliferation agreement and the other, guarantee the right of responsible members of the NPT to peaceful use of atomic energy” ;, “he added.

Rice told reporters that Iran had no choice but to comply with the requirements of the IAEA and the Security Council.

She said the foreign ministers reached at Monday’s meeting, in total agreement that Iran should not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons and agreed that it would take time to discuss the tactics to adopt in order to achieve this goal.

“We are taking the necessary time to ensure that members of the international community have the opportunity to develop a strategy forward,” Rice said.

She also said the political directors of six major powers would meet next week to discuss ways of advancing.

“The international community is united in believing that there must be a strong message issued by the Security Council to address Iran that its conduct so far nest not acceptable and must return to the negotiating table, “Rice said.

The foreign ministers of six major countries held intensive discussions on the controversial nuclear program of Iran on Monday, without making progress on a unified position.

10.05.06

美国/：伊朗外长呼吁恢复谈判

美国国务卿康多莉扎赖斯和俄罗斯外交部部长谢尔盖拉夫罗夫13日呼吁伊朗回到谈判桌上来。

拉夫罗夫重申，俄罗斯仍然反对该决议草案要求伊朗暂停章下联合国宪章第七浓缩铀。

了在纽约联合国总部，他告诉记者：“我们不认为有必要讨论在这一阶段”，指的是第7章。

在同时，他敦促伊朗同国际原子能机构（原子能机构）说，如果伊朗合作，谈判就可以恢复之间过去的欧洲三重奏与伊朗，俄罗斯，中国和美国的支持。

的俄罗斯外交团长在出席了关于苏丹问题的安理会部长级会议上说这番话的。他说，六个主要国家外长就没有讨论有关伊朗核问题的决议草案的措辞周一晚上。

“我们只是讨论了全局有关伊朗核计划，”他说：“俄罗斯仍然认为，我们都有相同的目标，就是确保非扩散不受侵犯。

“这是同意在六方会谈以及所有与会者都在这幢大楼，”他说。

拉夫罗夫时，两国外长讨论了如何实现这一目标，并注意到这个问题应通过直接与有关各方谈判解决。

“我们可以找到一个解决办法之一是确保不扩散协议和其他刀枪不入的一部分，保证不扩散条约的负责的成员有权对和平利用核能” ，“他补充说。

赖斯对记者说，伊朗别无选择，只能遵守国际原子能机构和安理会的要求。

她说，外长们达成星期一的会议上，完全同意，伊朗不应拥有核武器，并一致认为，这需要时间讨论采取的策略，以实现这一目标。

说：“我们正在采取必要的时间，以确保国际社会成员有机会向前发展战略，”赖斯说。

她还表示，六个主要国家的政治主任将于下周开会，讨论如何推进。

“国际社会团结一致，认为必须有一个强有力的信息，由安理会解决伊朗发出其行为迄今巢不能接受的，必须回到谈判桌上，“赖斯说。

六个主要国家的外长举行了深入的讨论星期一就备受争议的伊朗核计划的决策上没有统一的立场进展。

10.05.06

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