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China opposes issuance of new anti-Iran UNSC resolution
New York, May 11, IRNA – A University of Boston professor told IRNA here Monday that the NPT review confab is a scene for Mideast region countries’ emphasis that the region must be cleared of all nuclear armaments.
In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Political science professor of University of Massachusetts in Boston, Vincent Ferraro, further reiterated: “During the remaining days of the NPT Review Conference we will be witnesses to lots of opposition stands against the US nuclear approach and greater protest against Israel’s militarist nuclear programs,” obviously referring to the unprecedented US President Barack Obama’s declared stand of the new US doctrine of resorting to nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear weapon country like Iran.
Predicting the outcome of the ongoing NPT gathering in New York, Professor Ferraro expressed serious doubt that the event would lead to noticeable alteration in the global status quo.
He added, “I believe at this gathering the most important protest would be directed at the nuclear deal signed between India and the United States, in addition to the harsh and sever opposition we see against Israel’s nuclear programs.”
The foreign policy analyst added, “At this gathering there is also great demand for the establishment of a precise and solid international nuclear approach and for adopting practical measures.
Such demands are made particularly by Middle East region countries, such as the strong regional demand for declaring the Middle East as a nuclear weapons free zone.”
The Massachusetts University professor added, “All the same, this demand is encountered with serious US opposition.”
On probability of ratifying a new UN Security Council resolution imposing a new set of international sanctions against Iran, he said, “I think China would not support imposing severe sanctions against Iran, particularly in oil and energy field, adding, “Beijing is expected to resist against the move strongly.”
Professor Ferraro said, “China might even resort to using its veto right at the UN Security Council in that respect if it would be necessary.”
Tehran stepped up its diplomatic push to avoid a new set of sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, calling on China not to buckle under pressure from a US-led effort to slap a fourth round of United Nations Security Council sanctions on Tehran over its entirely peaceful nuclear program.
"China is a great country which enjoys enough power to pursue its own decisions independently without being pressured by America," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said of the Islamic Republic's closest trading partner. "Of course our expectation from such a big country is the same ... to pursue its foreign policies independently and just to observe its own national interests.
Iran's diplomatic nod toward Beijing comes as US Vice President Joe Biden stated in Israel Tuesday that Washington was "determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and we're working with many countries around the world."
Biden said there was "no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to Israel's security." Israel, with its hundreds of nuclear warheads and black record in disturbing the Middle East and international peace and stability ever since its illegal establishment over half a century ago routinely declares that Iran is an existential threat to the Jewish state.
Iran has consistently stated that its program is only for peaceful power purposes, that Islam forbids atomic bombs, and that it wants a Middle East free of all nuclear weapons - a reference to Israel's unacknowledged arsenal of an estimated 200 warheads.
The usurper Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was pleased that the Obama administration was pushing hard for more sanctions on Iran.
Israeli officials have warned of their own military action against Iran, having forgotten that only in near past both the Lebanese Hezbollah and the barefoot Palestinians in long besieged Gaza Strip have given Tel Aviv good lessons on need for behaving in dealing with other people’s internal affairs.
"The stronger those sanctions are, the more likely it will be that the Iranian regime will have to choose between advancing its nuclear program and advancing the future of its own permanence," said Netanyahu after meeting with Biden.
China is one of five veto-wielding members on the Security Council, but despite close ties to Iran it joined with the other permanent council member close to Iran - Russia - in previous unanimous votes that imposed three sets of United Nations' sanctions.
Those resolutions demand that Iran cease enriching uranium while outstanding questions about possible weaponization projects are resolved.
The US and European Union have also imposed a string of their own targeted measures aimed at undermining Iran's peaceful scientific nuclear advancement.
Iran has repeatedly voiced its backing for a US-backed deal put forward in October by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would see into Iran’s export of the bulk of its homemade low-enriched uranium to be converted into fuel by France and Russia for a research reactor in Tehran.
Iran accepted the deal as of the first stages of its birth, but also announced its quite rational conditions for its effective implementation.
Iran’s righteous stands has left Washington with very few EU allies, opposed to a great number of world countries ranging from 188 NAM member countries to Turkey in Near East and Brazil in Latin America, that back Tehran’s right to have access to nuclear power for peaceful purposes and have realized how irrational the US led imposed pressure is.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Brazil last week to convince that temporary Security Council member to support sanctions - but she was rebuffed instead with a reaffirmation by Brazil of Iran's unhindered right to nuclear power.
Russia has said it is willing to consider new sanctions if they are targeted, and not designed to "cripple" Iran's population. China's foreign minister said Sunday that new sanctions would not solve the nuclear issue - a point privately acknowledged by senior US officials, who note that no level of sanctions upon Iran have compelled it to change policy in the past.
"China upholds resolving the Iran nuclear issue peacefully, through dialogue, negotiation and diplomatic means," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday. "We also believe that at present, there is still room for diplomatic efforts."/end
In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Political science professor of University of Massachusetts in Boston, Vincent Ferraro, further reiterated: “During the remaining days of the NPT Review Conference we will be witnesses to lots of opposition stands against the US nuclear approach and greater protest against Israel’s militarist nuclear programs,” obviously referring to the unprecedented US President Barack Obama’s declared stand of the new US doctrine of resorting to nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear weapon country like Iran.
Predicting the outcome of the ongoing NPT gathering in New York, Professor Ferraro expressed serious doubt that the event would lead to noticeable alteration in the global status quo.
He added, “I believe at this gathering the most important protest would be directed at the nuclear deal signed between India and the United States, in addition to the harsh and sever opposition we see against Israel’s nuclear programs.”
The foreign policy analyst added, “At this gathering there is also great demand for the establishment of a precise and solid international nuclear approach and for adopting practical measures.
Such demands are made particularly by Middle East region countries, such as the strong regional demand for declaring the Middle East as a nuclear weapons free zone.”
The Massachusetts University professor added, “All the same, this demand is encountered with serious US opposition.”
On probability of ratifying a new UN Security Council resolution imposing a new set of international sanctions against Iran, he said, “I think China would not support imposing severe sanctions against Iran, particularly in oil and energy field, adding, “Beijing is expected to resist against the move strongly.”
Professor Ferraro said, “China might even resort to using its veto right at the UN Security Council in that respect if it would be necessary.”
Tehran stepped up its diplomatic push to avoid a new set of sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, calling on China not to buckle under pressure from a US-led effort to slap a fourth round of United Nations Security Council sanctions on Tehran over its entirely peaceful nuclear program.
"China is a great country which enjoys enough power to pursue its own decisions independently without being pressured by America," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said of the Islamic Republic's closest trading partner. "Of course our expectation from such a big country is the same ... to pursue its foreign policies independently and just to observe its own national interests.
Iran's diplomatic nod toward Beijing comes as US Vice President Joe Biden stated in Israel Tuesday that Washington was "determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and we're working with many countries around the world."
Biden said there was "no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to Israel's security." Israel, with its hundreds of nuclear warheads and black record in disturbing the Middle East and international peace and stability ever since its illegal establishment over half a century ago routinely declares that Iran is an existential threat to the Jewish state.
Iran has consistently stated that its program is only for peaceful power purposes, that Islam forbids atomic bombs, and that it wants a Middle East free of all nuclear weapons - a reference to Israel's unacknowledged arsenal of an estimated 200 warheads.
The usurper Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was pleased that the Obama administration was pushing hard for more sanctions on Iran.
Israeli officials have warned of their own military action against Iran, having forgotten that only in near past both the Lebanese Hezbollah and the barefoot Palestinians in long besieged Gaza Strip have given Tel Aviv good lessons on need for behaving in dealing with other people’s internal affairs.
"The stronger those sanctions are, the more likely it will be that the Iranian regime will have to choose between advancing its nuclear program and advancing the future of its own permanence," said Netanyahu after meeting with Biden.
China is one of five veto-wielding members on the Security Council, but despite close ties to Iran it joined with the other permanent council member close to Iran - Russia - in previous unanimous votes that imposed three sets of United Nations' sanctions.
Those resolutions demand that Iran cease enriching uranium while outstanding questions about possible weaponization projects are resolved.
The US and European Union have also imposed a string of their own targeted measures aimed at undermining Iran's peaceful scientific nuclear advancement.
Iran has repeatedly voiced its backing for a US-backed deal put forward in October by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would see into Iran’s export of the bulk of its homemade low-enriched uranium to be converted into fuel by France and Russia for a research reactor in Tehran.
Iran accepted the deal as of the first stages of its birth, but also announced its quite rational conditions for its effective implementation.
Iran’s righteous stands has left Washington with very few EU allies, opposed to a great number of world countries ranging from 188 NAM member countries to Turkey in Near East and Brazil in Latin America, that back Tehran’s right to have access to nuclear power for peaceful purposes and have realized how irrational the US led imposed pressure is.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Brazil last week to convince that temporary Security Council member to support sanctions - but she was rebuffed instead with a reaffirmation by Brazil of Iran's unhindered right to nuclear power.
Russia has said it is willing to consider new sanctions if they are targeted, and not designed to "cripple" Iran's population. China's foreign minister said Sunday that new sanctions would not solve the nuclear issue - a point privately acknowledged by senior US officials, who note that no level of sanctions upon Iran have compelled it to change policy in the past.
"China upholds resolving the Iran nuclear issue peacefully, through dialogue, negotiation and diplomatic means," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday. "We also believe that at present, there is still room for diplomatic efforts."/end
