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New York, 11 August (AKI/DAWN) - China says it does not support bringing the Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council and said it would not be helpful. "The Iranian government, European Union and IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] are currently holding crucial talks and we don’t think it will be helpful to bring the issue to the Security Council," said China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, on Wednesday.
Wang told reporters that China supported the efforts of the IAEA and the European Union to bring about an agreement on the issue.
He refused to say whether China would veto any resolution on Iran if it was brought to the UN Security Council, saying: “It’s premature to say anything.” He also said China was against imposing any sanctions on Iran.
Beijing, with a veto power in the 15 member security council, could also block any resolution if it was ever brought to the security council.
Iran voluntarily suspended operations last year of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities during the negotiations on its programme, which it insists is for peaceful energy production, but which some countries, including the United States, say is part of an effort to produce nuclear weapons.
But on Monday it re-started activities at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan after rejecting the latest proposals from the three European Union (EU) countries, Britain, France and Germany, known as the EU3. Enriched uranium can be used for peaceful purposes such as generating energy or for making nuclear weapons and the EU3 have said a resumption of nuclear activities would mean the end of the negotiations.
Britain, France and Germany, were expected to take a measured approach to the crisis in the hopes of keeping the talks alive as long as possible, said diplomats, who insisted on anonymity on the grounds the issue had yet to formally land in the security council.
“The Europeans are expected to pursue a graduated approach, one that tries to give Iran an opportunity to stand back at each stage,” said a Western member of the 15-nation council.
If the IAEA at some point referred the issue to New York for possible enforcement action, it would create deep divisions in the council, the diplomat predicted.
“I think there is a majority concerned that Iranian behaviour is not acceptable. But on the other hand, taking punitive measures is always a difficult thing,” he said.
China and Russia, which both have veto power in the council, were expected to strongly oppose tough sanctions such as a ban on oil sales or a trade embargo, the diplomat said.
New York, 11 August (AKI/DAWN) - China says it does not support bringing the Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council and said it would not be helpful. "The Iranian government, European Union and IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] are currently holding crucial talks and we don’t think it will be helpful to bring the issue to the Security Council," said China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, on Wednesday.
Wang told reporters that China supported the efforts of the IAEA and the European Union to bring about an agreement on the issue.
He refused to say whether China would veto any resolution on Iran if it was brought to the UN Security Council, saying: “It’s premature to say anything.” He also said China was against imposing any sanctions on Iran.
Beijing, with a veto power in the 15 member security council, could also block any resolution if it was ever brought to the security council.
Iran voluntarily suspended operations last year of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities during the negotiations on its programme, which it insists is for peaceful energy production, but which some countries, including the United States, say is part of an effort to produce nuclear weapons.
But on Monday it re-started activities at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan after rejecting the latest proposals from the three European Union (EU) countries, Britain, France and Germany, known as the EU3. Enriched uranium can be used for peaceful purposes such as generating energy or for making nuclear weapons and the EU3 have said a resumption of nuclear activities would mean the end of the negotiations.
Britain, France and Germany, were expected to take a measured approach to the crisis in the hopes of keeping the talks alive as long as possible, said diplomats, who insisted on anonymity on the grounds the issue had yet to formally land in the security council.
“The Europeans are expected to pursue a graduated approach, one that tries to give Iran an opportunity to stand back at each stage,” said a Western member of the 15-nation council.
If the IAEA at some point referred the issue to New York for possible enforcement action, it would create deep divisions in the council, the diplomat predicted.
“I think there is a majority concerned that Iranian behaviour is not acceptable. But on the other hand, taking punitive measures is always a difficult thing,” he said.
China and Russia, which both have veto power in the council, were expected to strongly oppose tough sanctions such as a ban on oil sales or a trade embargo, the diplomat said.