Bush, French president united against Iran and Syria - The Diigo Meta page

• 14 Jun 08
  

  liveinfreedom .

  As expected with the change of the French Presidency a better structured Western alliance is achieved. France sees its future with improving its ecomomy as being alinged totally with the West.

  sarkozy Bush Syria warning nuclear iran u.n. sanctions

  • PARIS (AP) - Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb.
  • European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana played the role of messenger for the offer from the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China.
  • He said the United States was "working with our friends and allies" on unspecified tasks.
  • In a warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Bush said: "Stop fooling around with the Iranians and stop harboring terrorists."
  • He said that discussions of normalized relations with France would require Syria to guarantee Lebanon's independence and "peel off, as much as possible, from Iran in its desire to lay its hands on a nuclear weapon."
  • Bush was upbeat.
  • "If I were a betting man, we'll reach an agreement with the Iraqis," he said.
  • Bush said the U.S. side would "work hard" on answering Baghdad's concerns. But he did not promise that Washington would give up its most controversial proposals. A U.N. mandate for the U.S. military mission expires at the end of the year.

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