Russia resisting sanctions against Iran

hillarysmirkPlease hold back your surprise and shock. Russia pushed back Tuesday at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration’s desire to present a united front with Moscow, according to the Washington Times. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. who met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said Moscow believed that such threats would not persuade Iran to comply and that negotiations should continue to be pursued as Lavrov said:

“Threats, sanctions and threats of pressure in the current situation, we are convinced, would be counterproductive.”

Clinton, who met later with Medvedev, said she had not asked for Moscow’s specific support for actually imposing sanctions. But U.S. officials said they were disappointed that Lavrov had come out against even the threat of new penalties.

One senior official traveling with Clinton said the U.S. continued to believe it is critical to get tangible signs of support from Moscow for at least considering new sanctions because the more united they are, the more likely pressure on Iran is to work. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration thinking.

Clinton agreed with Lavrov that the U.S. believed it was important to pursue diplomacy in the carrot-and-stick approach the international community is taking with Iran. But, she also said it was critical to let Iran know what will happen should it continue to rebuff the demands.


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October 13, 2009 · Filed Under Iran

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