ROME, Jan. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran's decision to resume its nuclear fuel program will not create rifts in the international community and no country will be willing to negotiate with it, Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini said on Wednesday.
Italy viewed the move with "ongoing and strong concern," Fini said.
"If Tehran's aim was to create divisions, this will not happen and no country will be willing to negotiate without specific guarantees," Fini said in a statement.
Iran on Tuesday removed seals on its nuclear research sites and resumed the fuel research activities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog.
Fini said he hoped that "good sense" would prevail in Tehran, stressing that the international community would otherwise "find the best way" to deal with the crisis.
Foreign ministers from France, Germany and Britain will meet in Berlin on Thursday to discuss the development.
On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament that allies should agree to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council for a decision on what measures should be taken.
"We obviously don't rule out any measures at all," Blair said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the crisis during a telephone conversation on Wednesday.
Speaking in the southern city of Bandar Abbbas on Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made it clear his country would not backtrack. Enditem |