Iran
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Iran
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman asked the great powers to “revise their policy” and “hold a dialogue” with Tehran on its nuclear program. What’s your response? Do you support new sanctions on Iran?
Our approach to the Iranian nuclear program is based on dialogue and firmness.
Together with our partners of the Six, we have made numerous efforts to engage in dialogue in recent years, including the months since President Obama’s election.
To this day, Iran has not followed up and still refuses to implement Security Council resolutions. By pursuing its sensitive activities in violation of these resolutions, Iran unfortunately leaves the international community no choice but to continue stepping up our pressure in order to achieve a negotiated solution. Iran’s refusal has already led to the adoption of strong international sanctions.
As part of our dual approach combining dialogue and firmness, which was reiterated by the G8 heads of state and government during the L’Aquila summit, there is a chance to obtain a negotiated settlement, and this chance must be seized. But it is up to Iran to choose between cooperation and growing isolation.
France hailed the acceptable conditions in which the voting in Afghanistan took place and paid tribute to the courage of the Afghan people. But don’t accusations of fraud and the premature proclamations of victory by the two main candidates risk discrediting the elections and creating new tensions?
We are awaiting the conclusions of the competent Afghan electoral bodies and the comprehensive assessment of international observers. In this regard, we hail the work by the European observer mission led by Philippe Morillon.
We call on all the candidates to behave responsibility so that the electoral process may be concluded in a satisfactory fashion and in a spirit of national unity.
What is France’s reaction to the latest statement by Captain Dadis Camara, head of the Guinean junta, implying that he could be a presidential candidate in January 2010? Is this statement in line with the pledges he made during his meeting with Mr. Joyandet in early August in Conakry?
Dadis Camara has pledged several times that neither the members of the junta nor the Prime Minister would run in the elections.
We reiterate our hope that these commitments will be respected so that these elections can be conducted fairly.
We emphasize that holding free and transparent elections in Guinea in 2009 is a priority for France and its international partners./.