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MOSCOW, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The foreign ministers of France and Russia on Wednesday in Moscow aired major policy differences on dealing with Iran's nuclear program.
At a news conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned a French idea of imposing European sanctions on Tehran should the U.N. Security Council fail to set tougher measures next week, a New York Times correspondent reported.
"If we decided to act collectively on the basis of consensual decisions in the U.N. Security Council, what good does it do to take unilateral decisions?" Lavrov said.
In turn, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said if the United Nations didn't act, there was no other option.
"Contrary to my friend Sergei, I believe that we must work on sanctions, on precise sanctions, to show that we are serious," Kouchner said.
The United States has imposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium that could be used for nuclear weapons. Iran has repeatedly said its program is solely for the manufacture of electricity.
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