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Article: Clinton fails to win Russia pledge on Iran sanctions.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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Byline: Reuters
MOSCOW: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to win specific pledges from Moscow on tougher sanctions against Iran during a visit to Russia on Tuesday but hailed progress in other areas such as arms control.
A senior U.S. official had said before the talks that Clinton wanted to know "what specific forms of pressure Russia would be prepared to join us and our other allies in" if Iran did not keep promises to the international community not to pursue nuclear weapons.
But Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov restated at a news conference with Clinton Russia s position that any talk of sanctions against Iran at this stage was ...