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Special report:
Iran Nuclear
Crisis
BEIJING,
Dec. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Six powers failed on Tuesday to agree a draft U.N.
resolution to punish Iran for defying demands to halt its nuclear program,
according to the French Foreign Ministry.
"We made substantive progress on the scope of the
sanctions targeting proliferation-sensitive activities. There remain several
outstanding issues, upon which we will reflect over the coming days," the French
ministry said in a statement. "We are now close to a conclusion of this
process."
Delegates from the five permanent members of the
Security Council, the U.S., U.K., Russia, China and France, plus Germany and the
European Union, met in Paris to try to agree on sanctions aimed at convincing
Iran to stop enriching uranium.
After months of diplomatic wrangling, the United
States and France had hoped Tuesday's talks would produce a resolution imposing
sanctions on Iran for defying an Aug. 31 U.N. deadline to halt uranium
enrichment. Western powers accuse Iran of seeking nuclear bombs, while Tehran
insists it only wants nuclear energy.
The discussions now move to the United Nations in New
York. The Americans and Europeans are pushing for a resolution by the end of the
year.
"We are coming up to the time (when) the credibility
of the U.N. is at stake," U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in
Washington before the Paris talks.
(Agencies)
Six powers discuss sanctions against
Iran in Paris
PARIS, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- High-ranking diplomats from six
major countries met in Paris on Tuesday, trying to make an agreement on the
sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear work.
The five veto-holding members of the United Nations
Security Council,-- the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France,--plus
Germany, held the meeting in the French Foreign Ministry around 6 p.m. on
Tuesday.
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