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21747
Mon, 09/29/2008 - 10:02
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PRESIDENT: RI CONSISTENT IN ITS STANCE TOWARDS IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITION
Jakarta, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here on Sunday that Indonesia remained consistent with regard to its stance towards Iran's nuclear program hoping that controversy over the problem could be solved through negotiations and cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He made the statement at a fast-breaking gathering with newsmen following the issuance of a new Uninted Nations resolution on Iran.
"Indeed when foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda contacted me I had told him to abstain. But then if we abstain after the initial draft was read out it would make the Iranian position difficult," he said.
He said he then asked Wirajuda to lobby a number of parties including Iran officials and showed the points that might hurt Iran in the draft resolution to the Iranian foreign minister.
President Yudhoyono said Indonesia had never agreed to the use of military power to settle the Iranian nuclear ambition but had encouraged more inclusive negotiations to include not only Iran but also a number of states and the international nuclear agency.
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a new draft resolution urging Iran to cancel its nuclear program. The draft resolution did not give a new sanction but only reaffirmed the existing sanctions.
After being one of the 15 members of the UN Security Council that did not support the UN resolution on additional sanctions for Iran issued last March, Indonesia again on Saturday took a stance that was different from the other 14 UNSC members.
Indonesia had become one of the UNSC member who made changes on the new draft resolution on Iran before it finally supported to pass it at a vote at the UN Headquarters in New York.
The new resolution did not mention additional sactions for Iran. "If there are additional sanctions we will never think of supporting it," Wirajuda said to the Indonesian press at the Indonesian UN representative office in New York.
He made the statement at a fast-breaking gathering with newsmen following the issuance of a new Uninted Nations resolution on Iran.
"Indeed when foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda contacted me I had told him to abstain. But then if we abstain after the initial draft was read out it would make the Iranian position difficult," he said.
He said he then asked Wirajuda to lobby a number of parties including Iran officials and showed the points that might hurt Iran in the draft resolution to the Iranian foreign minister.
President Yudhoyono said Indonesia had never agreed to the use of military power to settle the Iranian nuclear ambition but had encouraged more inclusive negotiations to include not only Iran but also a number of states and the international nuclear agency.
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a new draft resolution urging Iran to cancel its nuclear program. The draft resolution did not give a new sanction but only reaffirmed the existing sanctions.
After being one of the 15 members of the UN Security Council that did not support the UN resolution on additional sanctions for Iran issued last March, Indonesia again on Saturday took a stance that was different from the other 14 UNSC members.
Indonesia had become one of the UNSC member who made changes on the new draft resolution on Iran before it finally supported to pass it at a vote at the UN Headquarters in New York.
The new resolution did not mention additional sactions for Iran. "If there are additional sanctions we will never think of supporting it," Wirajuda said to the Indonesian press at the Indonesian UN representative office in New York.
