Clinton to press Russia on Iran

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London

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Page last updated at 00:41 GMT, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:41 UK
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Hillary Clinton in Belfast (12 October 2009)
The US wants Russia to support the idea of further sanctions on Iran

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow where she will hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Mrs Clinton will try and win the country's backing for a tougher stance towards Iran's nuclear programme.

The US secretary of state has warned the world will not "wait indefinitely" for proof that Iran is not making nuclear weapons.

Tehran, which recently revealed a second uranium plant, insists its programme is peaceful in purpose.

Mrs Clinton is also expected to hold talks for over two hours with her Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Pressure

She has been invited to meet Mr Medvedev at his private residence in the suburbs of the capital, which officials say will provide a more relaxed setting for the discussions.


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According to a state department official, Mrs Clinton will seek to find out what specific form of pressure Moscow is willing to back if Iran fails to live up to its international obligations.

Washington has been pleased by recent co-operation with Russia which has traditionally been opposed to tougher sanctions, says the BBC's Kim Ghattas, who is travelling with Mrs Clinton.

But Mr Medvedev has appeared to shift his stance after the revelation that Tehran had a second, covert uranium enrichment facility.

Mrs Clinton's visit comes at a crucial moment in relations between the United States and Russia, according to the BBC's Richard Galpin, in Moscow.

Sanctions

President Barack Obama pledged to reset relations with Russia when he came to office, and his meeting with Mr Medvedev in July certainly went some way towards that, our correspondent says.

Since then, Mr Obama has met a key Russian demand to scrap plans to deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic as part of a US missile defence system in Europe.

Although the Americans insist they do not expect anything in return, our correspondent adds, Iran will be very high on Mrs Clinton's agenda in Moscow.

US officials say their government wants Russia to support, or at least not oppose, the idea of the UN Security Council imposing tougher sanctions on Iran.

But Russia, which has the power to veto resolutions as a permanent member of the Security Council, has consistently said it does not believe sanctions are effective.


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