Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Barack Obama not to dismiss a nuclear fuel swap deal sealed with Iran and to give diplomacy a chance, his press office said Friday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Barack
Obama not to dismiss a nuclear fuel swap deal sealed with
Iran
and
to give diplomacy a chance, his press office said Friday.
Erdogan's call came after
Washington
submitted a United Nations resolution calling for a new round of sanctions
against
Iran
,
describing the fuel swap deal as insufficient.
In a letter to Obama, Erdogan said the agreement didn't solve the issue of
Iran
's
nuclear program, "but presented an important opportunity to solve the
issue through diplomatic means," a brief statement said.
The deal--forged by
Turkey
and
Brazil
, both
non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council--commits
Iran
to
sending about half of its low-enriched uranium to
Turkey
in
return for nuclear fuel for a
Tehran
reactor.
In a telephone call with Erdogan on Tuesday, Obama acknowledged the deal, but
said
Washington
would
continue to press for U.N. sanctions, citing the international community's
continuing concerns on
Iran
's nuclear
program.
Washington and its allies suspect
Tehran
's
program is a cover for a nuclear arms drive, but
Tehran
denies the charge.
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