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Press TV, Iran
June 11 2010
Turkey's nay at UNSC disappoints US
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:38:28 GMT
The United States has expressed disappointment with Turkey's vote at
the UN Security Council against the Washington-brokered sanctions on
Iran's nuclear program.
Twelve of the council's member states voted in favor of imposing a
fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on
Wednesday. Brazil and Turkey voted against the new sanctions while
Lebanon abstained from vote.
"I was disappointed in Turkey's vote on the Iranian sanctions," US
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said after talks with NATO counterparts
in Brussels.
"Allies don't always agree on things, but I think we move forward from
here and we'll just do that," AFP quoted Gates as saying.
The Turkey-US ties -- already strained over the White House silence on
the killing of eight Turkish activists by Israel and Washington's
siding with Armenia over the genocide -- is experiencing new lows over
the new US-backed UNSC sanctions on Iran.
Responding to the UN Security Council resolution, Iran said the
sanctions would jumpstart the country's potentials into further
progress, dismissing Washington's efforts to isolate Tehran as
self-destructive.
The fresh sanctions against Tehran "deliver a death blow to the
Security Council and US President Barack Obama," Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday.
Ahmadinejad stressed that the punitive measures against Iran show the
UN Security Council has a tyrannical structure and does not belong to
all nations.
He also denounced Washington's double standard toward the issue of
nuclear disarmament, saying, "The US government is not against the
atomic bomb" but only seeks to save Israel through the use of
diversionary tactics.
MRS/HGH
From: A. Papazian
June 11 2010
Turkey's nay at UNSC disappoints US
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:38:28 GMT
The United States has expressed disappointment with Turkey's vote at
the UN Security Council against the Washington-brokered sanctions on
Iran's nuclear program.
Twelve of the council's member states voted in favor of imposing a
fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on
Wednesday. Brazil and Turkey voted against the new sanctions while
Lebanon abstained from vote.
"I was disappointed in Turkey's vote on the Iranian sanctions," US
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said after talks with NATO counterparts
in Brussels.
"Allies don't always agree on things, but I think we move forward from
here and we'll just do that," AFP quoted Gates as saying.
The Turkey-US ties -- already strained over the White House silence on
the killing of eight Turkish activists by Israel and Washington's
siding with Armenia over the genocide -- is experiencing new lows over
the new US-backed UNSC sanctions on Iran.
Responding to the UN Security Council resolution, Iran said the
sanctions would jumpstart the country's potentials into further
progress, dismissing Washington's efforts to isolate Tehran as
self-destructive.
The fresh sanctions against Tehran "deliver a death blow to the
Security Council and US President Barack Obama," Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday.
Ahmadinejad stressed that the punitive measures against Iran show the
UN Security Council has a tyrannical structure and does not belong to
all nations.
He also denounced Washington's double standard toward the issue of
nuclear disarmament, saying, "The US government is not against the
atomic bomb" but only seeks to save Israel through the use of
diversionary tactics.
MRS/HGH
From: A. Papazian