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Brazil says seeking Iranian nuclear dialogue
Reuters
DAVOS,
Switzerland (Reuters) - Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on
Friday he had held talks with Iran's foreign minister in an effort to
restart dialogue over Tehran's nuclear program.
Davos
Amorim said he met Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.
Western diplomats have said Iran has effectively turned down a
proposal on enriched uranium designed to prevent the material being
used to make atomic bombs, and the United States and European allies
are pursuing broader U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
Amorim said Brazil was not seeking to mediate in the dispute. "But
we have held talks with Iran and other countries... Western countries,"
he told Reuters
He said Brazil shared Western concerns about Iran's nuclear work
"but at the same time we respect Iran's right to have its nuclear
program for peaceful means."
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