Bush and Merket to focus on Iran

Bush normally reserves invitations to his Texas ranch for close allies [AFP] Iran's nuclear ambitions were expected to dominate talks between the German chancellor and the US president at his ranch in Texas. Angela Merkel's visit to George Bush's Crawford home on Friday is the second by a European leader this week. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, was at the ranch for talks on Wednesday. The US, France and Britain have been pushing for a third round of UN sanctions if Tehran does not stop uranium enrichment. "Strategically, we see eye-to-eye. Tactically, there are some slight differences," Gordon Johndroe, White House national security council spokesman, said before the meeting. Earlier this week, Merkel said Germany would support a new round of tougher UN sanctions against Iran but she has repeatedly stressed the need for a diplomatic solution.  Diplomatic track Dana Perino, White House spokeswoman, said that the two leaders would discuss Iran "and the need for our countries to work together on the diplomatic track to get Iran to halt its uranium reprocessing and enrichment". Your Views "America says Iran getting a nuclear weapon could cause WW3 but I think it's more likely that America would cause WW3 by invading Iran" Jack, Bangor, UK Send us your views Johndroe said the talks on Iran were to be "part of ongoing discussions". US and German officials have said they do not expect any major announcements from the summit. Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US are expected to meet later this month to discuss reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's compliance with international demands.  Iran has refused to agree to UN demands to halt nuclear work that could have both civilian and military uses.    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has said the nuclear programme is irreversible and that Tehran has 3,000 centrifuges in its underground Natanz plant. Close ally John Glenn of the German Marshall Fund, a US public policy and grantmaking institution, told Al Jazeera that one of the main purposes of the visit was to thank Merkel for being a good friend to the US. "She has brought them [the US and Germany] together after a period of rancour, and most recently she managed the diplomacy of getting the renewal of the German mission in Afghanistan," he said. Bush normally reserves invitations to his ranch for close allies and the invitation is a striking contrast to the frosty relationship Bush had with Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, who vocally opposed the Iraq war. "In Texas, when you invite somebody to your home, it's an ｅxpression of warmth and respect and that's how I feel about Chancellor Merkel," Bush said before welcoming Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer at the property's helipad. The two leaders were also expected to discuss Afghanistan, the Middle East, Iraq, climate change, Myanmar, and the Doha trade round

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

미-독 정상회담, 이란 핵문제 외교적 해결 원칙 다짐
11/10/2007

조지 부시 미국 대통령과 앙겔라 메르켈 독일 총리는 현재 교착상태에 빠진 이란 핵문제의 외교적 해결의 필요성에 합의했습니다.

메르켈 총리는 10일, 텍사스주의 부시 대통령의 크로포드농장에서 정상회담을 마친 후 이란에 대한 추가제재는 이 문제에 관한 국제원자력기구의 보고서가 불만족스러울 경우에 검토되어야 할 것이라고 말했습니다.

미국은 민감한 핵활동을 중단하라는 유엔 안전보장이사회의 요구를 거부하는 이란에 대해 추가제재를 강력히 추진하고 있습니다.

두 지도자는 다른 문제들에 관해 대체로 합의했지만, 기후변화 분야에서 일부 이견이 있었다고, 메르켈 총리는 밝혔습니다. 메르켈 총리는 앞으로 열릴 발리 회의가 성공을 거둘 것으로 믿는다고 말했습니다.

President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed on the need for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear standoff.

After their meeting today (Saturday) at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, Ms. Merkel said more sanctions against Iran should be considered if International Atomic Energy Agency reports on that country remain unsatisfactory.

The U.S. is strongly pushing for a new round of sanctions against the Islamic republic, which has defied demands by the U.N. Security Council to suspend sensitive nuclear work.

Although the two leaders were mostly in agreement on other issues, Ms. Merkel said there were some differences in the area of climate change. She said she believes an upcoming conference in Bali on the issue could be successful.

Mr. Bush said he cares deeply about climate change, and he expressed an interest in developing technology that will deal with the issue without hurting the economy.(미국의 소리)