9.11.2009

iran ties palestinian talks, UN reform, nuclear issue

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Iran said it wants talks about the future of the Palestinian people and reform of the United Nations Security Council to be tied to any discussion of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

“Security requires reorganization and creating an opportunity for broad and collective participation in the management of the world,” according to a five-page Iranian proposal that doesn’t address the country’s own nuclear program. “Iran voices its readiness to embark on comprehensive, all- encompassing and constructive negotiations.”

The Iranian plan doesn’t adequately address U.S. concerns about the country’s nuclear ambitions, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told reporters late yesterday in Washington. The proposal was delivered to U.S., Russian, Chinese, British, French and German diplomats.

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