Russia’s position on Kosovo
By Moritz | December 12, 2007
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks about the Russian evaluation of very liky secession of Kosovo from the Serbian state. While the ambassador reveals interesting details of Serbian offers towards an more or less self-governed Kosovo, like an own soccer team or an own police unit, he made absolutly clear that Russia will not accept an sovereign Kosovo without Serbian agreement.
Source: UN Webcast
Topics: Video, regional conflict | 9 Comments »
US and Iran converge?
By Moritz | December 11, 2007
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks on CNN TV to the press about direct talks to the US administration. He does not give a clear statement but he calls the latest acts of the US government as a “first step” in the right direction.
Topics: Iran, US politics, Video | 31 Comments »
John Bolton talks about Iran on CNN
By Moritz | November 28, 2007
In this video former US ambassador to the United Nations talks about possible UN sanctions against Iran. He was kicked out of office because he used to be very undiplomatic…;)…This video once again proofs this “evaluation”.
Topics: Iran, UN, Video | 194 Comments »
Iran is willing to co-operate
By Moritz | November 28, 2007
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator talk to the press. The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to talk to every country about nuclear proliferation.
Topics: Iran, Video, global security | No Comments »
Fair elections in Russia?
By Moritz | November 27, 2007
On Monday Russian President Putin accused the United States of trying to taint the legitimacy of next week’s Russian parliamentary elections by pressing a group of prominent independent election observers to abandon efforts to monitor the campaign.Mr. Putin contended that the monitors, who are deployed by the OSCE, had halted plans to appraise the parliamentary balloting at the urging of the State Department in Washington.
Mr. Putin’s statements in recent weeks have taken on an increasingly nationalistic tone as he has sought to muster support for his party in the elections on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on Monday in St. Petersburg, he once again criticized what he suggested was foreign meddling in Russia’s affairs.
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IAEA report: Iran is co-operating but not enough
By Moritz | November 23, 2007
Mohamed ElBaradei said yesterday, Iran is making progress in resolving suspicions about past nuclear activities but must do more before the IAEA can verify important aspects of the country’s nuclear program. ElBaradei also said that the agency’s knowledge of Iran’s current nuclear activities was diminishing and that he could not declare with certainty whether Iran’s program was peaceful or intended to make weapons.
“The agency has so far not been able to verify some important aspects of Iran’s nuclear program,” Dr. ElBaradei told a meeting of the agency’s 35-country board. Outstanding issues, he said, include “those relevant to the scope and nature of Iran’s centrifuge enrichment activities, as well as those relevant to alleged studies and other activities that could have military applications.”
Topics: Iran, UN, global security | 96 Comments »
Iran replaces chief nuclear negotiator
By Moritz | October 23, 2007
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear today that there was no room for negotiation on the country’s nuclear program, only hours before Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator made his international debut in Rome. The tone for the first talks between the new negotiator, Saeed Jalili, and the EU’s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, was set when Mr. Ahmadinejad announced, “Iran will not retreat one iota.”
“We are in favor of talks but we will not negotiate with anyone about our right to nuclear technology,” he was quoted on state-run television in Tehran as saying during a trip to Armenia. “Whoever wants to negotiate about his right will lose part of it,” he said.
Mr. Solana had hoped to restart the moribund negotiations on behalf of the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, which hinge on Iran’s acceptance of a freeze on producing enriched uranium, which can be used to produce electricity or to fuel bombs.
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Putin takes initiative
By Moritz | October 18, 2007
Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, proposed a new way to help resolve the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program during an extraordinary meeting with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the country’s chief nuclear negotiator on Wednesday. The negotiator, Ali Larijani, told reporters that Mr. Putin, who was granted an audience with Ayatollah Khamenei on Tuesday evening, “offered a special proposal.” Neither the Iranians nor the Russians would disclose any details, but Mr. Larijani said the Iranian side was studying it.
Topics: Iran, UN, global security | 1 Comment »
George W. Bush warns of World War III
By Moritz | October 18, 2007
US President George W. Bush issued a stark warning on Iran on Wednesday, suggesting that if the country obtained nuclear arms, it could lead to “World War III.” “We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel,” Mr. Bush said at a White House news conference, referring to a remark by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that Israel “will disappear soon.” Mr. Bush said he had “told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.”
Topics: Iran, US politics, global security | 1 Comment »
Putin warns of military action against Iran
By Moritz | October 16, 2007
Russian president Vladimir Putin told a summit of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran today that any use of military force in the Caspian region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of the others.
“We should not even think of making use of force in this region,” Mr. Putin said. Mr. Putin’s comments and the declaration come at a time when France and the United States have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran’s nuclear energy program, which they believe masks a desire to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is solely for peaceful purposes.
Topics: Iran, economics, global security, regional conflict | No Comments »
