http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070329/wl_afp/iranbritainmilitary
Dear all. Kalau mau tahu peranan Indonsia dalam DK PBB sehubungan dengan konflik antara Inggeris dan Iran, silahkan baca cuplikan berita di bawah ini. Kalau mau baca berita selengkapnya, silahkan kunjungi situs si atas. Ikra.- "... South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, the current council chair, read a non-binding statement expressing "grave concern at the capture and continued detention" of the Britons, while calling on Tehran to allow "consular access" to them. Britain had sought a tougher stance against the Iranians, who seized the 15 Britons, including a female sailor, last Friday in two boats during what London claims were anti-smuggling operations in Iraqi waters. But a Western diplomat quoted Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin as telling the council during the closed-door consultations that Moscow would not back Britain's call for UN support. "We will not be able to accept a call for the immediate release of the 15 UK naval personnel," Churkin said, according to the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Several diplomats said Russia, backed by some other council members such as Indonesia, was keen to avoid giving the impression that the council was taking sides in what is seen as a bilateral dispute, particularly on the issue of exactly where the 15 Britons were seized. The British foreign ministry refused to discuss the strength of the adopted text. "The statement that was agreed, it's a text which secured unanimous agreement, and its a clear statement of the members of the Security Council representing the international community," a spokeswoman for the British foreign ministry told AFP. The spokeswoman declined to comment on whether the final draft was a weaker version of the statement proposed by Britain, saying: "I can't go into detail on the negotiations themselves." "We now need to move forward to get our 15 people released as soon as possible." The original British draft circulated Wednesday would have had the Security Council "deplore the continuing detention by the Government of Iran of 15 UK naval personnel" and back "calls for (their) immediate release". It noted that "the UK personnel were operating in Iraqi waters as part of the Multinational Force- Iraq under a mandate from the Security Council under Resolution 1723 (2006) and at the request of the government of Iraq." The United States earlier reiterated its strong backing for its close British ally. ..."
