Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Western powers Tuesday not to weaken the chances of a nuclear fuel swap deal with Iran with talk of new sanctions.
Turkey
's
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Western powers Tuesday not to weaken
the chances of a nuclear fuel swap deal with
Iran
with
talk of new sanctions.
"With the agreement yesterday, an important psychological threshold has
been crossed towards establishing mutual trust," Davutoglu told reporters
in
Istanbul
a day
after the deal was signed in
Tehran
. "Sanctions,
the discussions on sanctions will spoil the atmosphere and the escalation of
statements may provoke the Iranian public opinion."
Davutoglu was one of the signatories, along with his Brazilian and Iranian
counterparts, of the deal which commits the
Iran
to
shipping much of its low enriched uranium to
Turkey
in
exchange for nuclear fuel for a
Tehran
reactor. Western powers, however, have greeted the deal with skepticism and the
U.S.
has
said it won't halt efforts for a new set of sanctions against
Iran
.
Davutoglu argued there was no need to doubt the deal, touting the agreement as
a basis to overcome the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program which the West
suspects is a cover for a nuclear arms drive.
"There is no uncertainty. There is a political will clearly expressed by
Iran
,
signed by
Turkey
and
Brazil
,
countries very much respected in the international community; and the whole
thing is linked to a calendar," he said.
"Now it is time to sit and work to create the conditions for true peace on
the basis created [by this deal], not to make speculations or to
voice...suspicions," he said.
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