TURKEY: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to meet Iranian President as Iran sanctions loom

Record ID: 217532

  • Title: TURKEY: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to meet Iranian President as Iran sanctions loom
  • Date: 9th June 2010
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JUNE 08, 2010) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) WIDE OF RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING FOR A BREAKFAST WITH TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN ERDOGAN AND PUTIN SHAKING HANDS AND SITTING CLOSE UP OF ERDOGAN CLOSE UP OF PUTIN WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE PUTIN AND ERDOGAN ARRIVING FOR JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WIDE OF NEWS CONFE
  • Embargoed: 24th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVA7EVJNU9WVG6SR1FPVN41EPDNF
  • Story Text: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he will meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Istanbul on Tuesday (June 08) ahead of a U.N. security Council vote to impose a fourth round of sanctions on Tehran because of its nuclear programme.
    "Mr President of Iran is here and I think we will see each other within the framework of the conference. We will have an opportunity to discuss these problems if my Iranian colleague will have such a need" he said.
    Attending a regional summit in the Turkish city, Putin told a news conference that the sanctions should not be "excessive". He also said the long-delayed Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran should come on line in August.
    "I hold the opinion that this resolution should not be excessive, should not put Iran's leadership, the Iranian people in a tricky situation that that creates barriers on the way of development of Iran's peaceful nuclear. Bushehr nuclear power plant will be completed in August and it will come online in August" he told a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.
    Western powers had wanted tougher measures -- some targeting Iran's energy sector -- but China and Russia worked hard to dilute the proposed steps.
    The draft resolution calls for measures against new Iranian banks abroad if a connection to Iran's nuclear or missile programmes is suspected, as well as vigilance over transactions with any Iranian bank, including the central bank. It would also expand the U.N. arms embargo against Tehran.
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