Article: Annan calls for international attention to Iranian nuclear issue

Annan calls for international attention to Iranian nuclear issue

TOKYO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Thursday in Tokyo for international attention to find solutions for the Iranian nuclear issue.

The Iranian nuclear issue "is a crisis in the sense we need to work very actively," Annan told reporters at the Japan National Press Club. He urged the international community to find solutions and said that discussions are still going on.

Earlier in the day, Annan said in a speech at Tokyo University that he hoped that "the current discussions in the Security Council will give new momentum to the quest for a negotiated solution" for the issue.

"There ...

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