Russians Send Mixed Signals On Iran Sanctions ; Clinton Meets with Officials On Tehran's Nuclear Pursuit
The Washington Times › October 14, 2009
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The Russian government gave Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conflicting signals Tuesday about Moscow's willingness to threaten new sanctions to persuade Iran to abandon the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
According to U.S. officials traveling with Mrs. Clinton during her first trip to Russia as chief U.S. diplomat, the different signals came from President Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.See the full content of this document
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Russians Send Mixed Signals On Iran Sanctions ; Clinton Meets with Officials On Tehran's Nuclear Pursuit
Emboldened by Mr. Medvedev's statement after his meeting with President Obama in New York last month that sanctions may be "inevitable," Mrs. Clinton headed into her meetings hoping to gauge "what specific forms of pressure Russia would be prepared for," ...
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