ARAB EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Oct 16 - Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad Invited To Moscow For Talks.Vladimir Putin is reported to have invited his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, to talks in Moscow in a move that could increase tensions between Russia and the US. Tass, the Russian news agency, quoted a statement from the two leaders as saying: [Mr] Ahmadi-Nejad accepted the invitation with gratitude Gratitude agrimony traditional symbol for gratitude. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172] Androcles because he had once extracted a thorn from its paw, the lion refrained from attacking Androcles in the arena. [Rom. Lit. ". No date was set for the meeting. The announcement came after the two men held talks in Tehran after a Caspian Sea Caspian Sea (kăs`pēən), Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium, salt lake, c.144,000 sq mi (373,000 sq km), between Europe and Asia; the largest lake in the world. summit dominated by international concern over Iran's nuclear proramme. Putin, the first Russian or Soviet leader to visit Iran since Stalin's wartime summit with Churchill and Roosevelt in 1943, agreed with other Caspian Sea states to endorse To sign a paper or document, thereby making it possible for the rights represented therein to pass to another individual. Also spelled indorse. endorse (indorse) v. "peaceful" nuclear activities in the region and made clear Moscow's opposition to military action against Iran The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . He joined the leaders of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, as well as Iran, in agreeing not to allow their territories to be used for an attack on any member of the Caspian group - an indirect reference to the US. Washington has not ruled out military action in its stand-off with Iran. Azerbaijan has a partnership with Nato, which has led to speculation that the US could use Azeri airfields for a future strike. Putin said that the Caspian states were committed to nuclear non-proliferation. He was later granted a rare meeting with Iran's supreme leader Ayat Ali Khamenei. The encounter was seen as highly significant by Iranian analysts but unlikely to offer a breakthrough in the stand-off between Tehran and the west. "It is unlikely for Putin to play the role of a mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. and convey the west's concerns and it's unlikely for Iran to show any retreat on its nuclear programme", said Muhammad Atrianfar, a political analyst. Iranian analysts said the summit was a symbolic success for Tehran but they warned that Russia, which has signed two UN resolutions imposing sanctions against Iran This article outlines economic, trade, scientific and military Sanctions against Iran, which has been imposed by the U.S. government, or under U.S. pressure. Currently the sanctions include a total embargo on dealings with Iran by Americans, threatening the world's oil and gas , might be persuaded to abandon Tehran if it obtained concessions in other areas from the west. Putin said Russia would not back out of its commitment on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. The project has, in Iran, become a symbol of mistrust toward Russia because Moscow refuses to deliver fuel - ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. because of a payment dispute - even after the Islamic regime agreed to return fuel waste. The US on Oct 17 night declined to respond to Putin's invitation to Ahmadi-Nejad, insisting that it was up to Russia to decide how it conducted its relations. |
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