US Pressures India to Kowtow on Iran

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US Pressures India to Kowtow on Iran

Postby Byrne » Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:40 pm

It seems that the cards are being stacked for the future attack against Iran (see my post in Over Valued Dollar) & anyone who presents interference against this is disposed of...............<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Friday Nov 4</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->Rusian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calls indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and conveys to him his country's efforts to forge a consensus on Tehran's nuclear programme which the US believes is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=47704" target="top">_link_</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Sunday Nov.6 2005</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>NEW DELHI (AP)--India may reverse its vote on a resolution putting Iran on notice over its nuclear program if Tehran [Iran] faces a harsher resolution at an upcoming meeting of the U.N. atomic agency (24th Nov.), the Indian External Affairs Minister, K Natwar Singh said.<br><br>India had surprised many and shocked traditional ally Iran by joining the U.S., Britain, France, Germany and other nations in backing a resolution calling on the IAEA to consider reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for not complying with the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, in September. <br><br>But that's about as far India will go, and will not accept a stronger resolution [against Iran] at an upcoming meeting of the IAEA on Nov. 24, Foreign Minister K. Natwar Singh said Sunday. <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2005110701460000&Take=1" target="top">_link_</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Monday 7th Nov. 2005</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>Former US Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker named K. Natwar Singh and the Congress party as "non-contractual beneficiaries" of the $64 billion oil-for-food programme. <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>US State Department spokesperson Adam Ereli said: "We will continue to work closely and in partnership with the [Indian] government on a broad agenda of bilateral issues and regional cooperation and we certainly look forward to continuing that."<br><br>He said he had no knowledge about the joint US military exercises with India being carried out in West Bengal, against which the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has organised protests.<br><br>He also <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>rejected any conclusions</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> being drawn from Indian news reports <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>that [India] would refuse to any future sanctions against Iran</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<br><br>"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>On Iran, </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->I hadn't seen the remarks you talked about and <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I think, frankly, you know, the way forward on that issue is clear.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->"<br><br>"The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) issued, you know, a resolution on it. We all know what's needed and we'll work to accomplish that and meet again to review progress," Ereli said. <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1540187,00050001.htm" target="top">_US refuses to comment on Natwar Singh<br>_</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>The Volcker Committee did not have the UN’s mandate to find out the non-contractual beneficiaries of the Oil-for-Food programme. Hence, there is little if no evidence behind the naming of the non-contractual beneficiaries, i.e. -Indian PM says there's no evidence to support Volcker <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=8915" target="top">_link_</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>See also <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/09aziz.htm" target="top">US Congressman attacks Indian Foreign Minister</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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