Indonesia may and can say many things, but doesn't say anything how to prevent sanction and it consequences. Pls remember that up to now Bam has not been rebuilt..
----- Original Message ----- From: "Holy Uncle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: [proletar] Indonesia says sanctions would fail in Iran > May 22, 2006 > > Indonesia says sanctions would fail in Iran > > > MEDFORD (Agencies) -- Sanctions imposed by the United States or Europe > would > fail to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear program, Indonesia's foreign > minister said on Saturday, a week after Iran's leaders held talks in > Indonesia, Reuters reported. > > The comment follows a European Union proposal to offer Iran a mix of > incentives including nuclear reactors and security pledges if Iran stops > enriching uranium, with a warning of possible sanctions if Tehran rejects > the offer. > > "Iran is not a country that would easily succumb to pressure from > sanctions," said Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, a day after he held > talks > with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington. > > Leaders of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, hosted > Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on May 13 at a summit on the resort > island of Bali. > > Wirajuda said he conveyed to Rice the message Indonesian President Susilo > Bambang Yudhoyono gave Ahmadinejad: that Iran should be flexible, > resolving > the issue through diplomacy and keeping its nuclear technology peaceful > and > transparent. > > "We all know that the nuclear issue is unifying Iran and Ahmadinejad is > trying to make full use of it," Wirajuda told Reuters in Massachusetts, > where he spoke to graduating students at the Fletcher School at Tufts > University. > > "In my talk with Secretary Rice, one thing we did share is the importance > of > a peaceful solution," said Wirajuda. > > Diplomats said on Saturday the EU draft offer of a package of incentives > in > exchange for a suspension of enrichment had caused a split in the West's > previously united position on Iran since Washington has serious > reservations > about the plan. > > Wirajuda said Indonesia would not take sides in the dispute. "It's not > surprising that the U.S. and Europeans have their different approaches in > the early stages of negotiations," he said. > > World needs to engage with Iran: Pakistan PM > > The international community must engage with Iran to ensure a peaceful > resolution of the nuclear issue, and Pakistan is willing to help reduce > the > tension in the region, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday, Daily > Times reported. > > "If Pakistan can help reduce tensions and create an environment for peace, > we will play our role," he said in an interaction with international media > during the World Economic Forum moot at the Red Sea resort of > Sharm-al-Shaikh, Egypt. > > The prime minister warned that the use of force against Iran would "create > complications and challenges" besides affecting the global supply of oil > and > gas. > > Aziz is due to meet Iran's first Vice President Parvaiz Davodi in Pakistan > on May 24 and discuss the nuclear issue. > > He did not agree with a foreign reporter that Pakistan's role in the issue > was being perceived negatively. "Don't put words in my mouth. And you are > the first person to say that," he said, adding that Pakistan's role was > being appreciated in finding a peaceful resolution to a "very complex > issue". > > "We have to build bridges and communicate ... in a quiet way we are using > our best offices as we want to see a reduction in tension," he said. He > added, however, that Pakistan was not in any way mediating. > > Aziz said that Pakistan believed that every country has the right to > peaceful use of nuclear power under International Atomic Energy Agency > guidelines. > > He reiterated Pakistan's opposition to the use of force against Iran, > saying, "it will help no one, will muddy the waters and create more > problems > than resolving (the issue)". > > He denied there was any pressure on Islamabad to abandon the proposed > multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. Pakistan > has > to meet its growing energy needs and will take a decision in the national > interest, he said. > > German FM urges Iran nuclear flexibility > > Iran should be more flexible in negotiations aimed at ending standoff over > its nuclear program, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said > Sunday during a visit to Kuwait, AFP reported. > > "I have to admit that after two and a half years of negotiations, we are > not > as far along as we would like to be," Steinmeier said when asked about > European efforts to convince Iran to halt uranium enrichment. > > "The situation requires not only creativity on our part, but also more > flexibility on the Iranian side," he said at a joint press conference with > his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah al-Salem. > > German Chancellor Angela Merkel also was due in China Sunday on a trip in > which she was expected to push the Asian giant to assume a greater > international role, notably on the Iranian nuclear crisis. > > "The economic role of China has grown and so has its responsibility on the > international stage. Based on its economic position, China must take on > more > responsibilities," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. > > Specifically, Germany would like to see China involved more closely in the > international efforts to solve the nuclear crisis in Iran. > > China, which has the power of veto on the UN Security Council, has said it > is against the use of force or sanctions against Iran. > > U.S. not asked to give Iran security guarantee: Rice > > European powers have not asked the United States to provide security > guarantees to Iran as part of a package the West is preparing to offer the > Islamic republic to curb its nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State > Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday, Reuters reported. > > "We haven't been asked to provide security assurances," Rice said. > > http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/22/2006&Cat=2&Num=11 > > > > > > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ > Yahoo! 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