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UN Security Council To Meet In Berlin On Iran Issue

U.K. Foreign Minister Jack Straw made the meeting announcement (file photo) (AFP)

March 27, 2006 -- Britain says foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will meet in Berlin on March 30 to discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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March 27, 2006

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made the announcement today in London.

The meeting is aimed at building consensus on what action to take after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Iran to the Security Council after it restarted some of its suspended nuclear activities.

The United States believes that Iran is using its nuclear energy program to conceal an effort to make nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge.

(AFP, AP, Reuters)

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