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Diplomat Says Russia Won't Back UN Resolution On Iran
November 03, 2006
Kislyak (left) with Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki in Tehran in January (ITAR-TASS)
The document -- drafted by Britain, France, and Germany -- imposes some
sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
While the United States has
indicated it considers the draft too weak, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov has suggested it was too strong.
(Interfax, AP)