G8 : Give Iran talks a chance
July 8, 2009
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Post-election violence in Iran is “deeply shocking”, but G8 leaders nevertheless want to pursue talks to end the nuclear standoff with Tehran, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says, warning Iran that the international community was determined to make progress.
“We want to give negotiation every chance. If that works, then great. If that leads nowhere, then that won’t be without consequences,”
Speaking after a dinner with fellow Group of Eight leaders at which Iran was discussed, Sarkozy condemned what he called Tehran’s “blackmail” over its holding of Western prisoners arrested following a post-election crackdown.
Referring to international attempts to bring the Islamic republic to the negotiating table over its alleged plans to develop nuclear weapons, Sarkozy said :
“The statement of the G8 is unequivocal,”
“Between August and September it’s for them to decide how they want things to evolve. Pittsburgh is the date,”
Indicating Iran had been set an informal deadline to respond to Western overtures before the next G20 summit.
“The Iranian regime refuses all hands offered to them.”
Sarkozy also demanded Iran immediately release 23-year-old researcher Clotilde Reiss, a French citizen arrested in Tehran on July 1 and accused of “spying” over an email she sent to friends describing street protests.
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