Russia, France patch up differences over Iran nuke issue
Moscow (PTI): After two days of hectic parleys, Russia and France have sorted out their differences over stiffer sanction on Iran with the two sides agreeing that Tehran's nuclear programme "must be transparent".
"We have no real data to claim that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, which makes us believe the country has no such plans. But we agree that Iran's programs must be transparent," Putin declared at the joint news conference.
Despite slightly different approaches to analysis of the uranium enrichment activities resumed by Iran in January 2006, Moscow and Paris were unanimous that Iran was willing to cooperate on the issue, Russian president's French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy said.
"We have had a profound discussion on the matter and I listened to President Putin's analysis. I think our positions have become closer," he said.
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