By NNN-KUNA
Brussels : Leaders of the 27-member European Union (EU) expressed Friday their “deep concern” at Iran’s nuclear program and underlined that acquisition by Iran of a nuclear military capability “would be unacceptable”.
In a statement issued at the end of their one-day summit this evening, they “deplored that Iran has still not complied with its international obligations as reiterated in UNSC Resolutions 1696, 1737 and 1747, to suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities”.
The EU summit reiterated its full support for the work in the UN Security Council (UNSC) to adopt further measures against Iran under Article 41, Chapter VII, of the UN Charter and said “consideration has begun on additional measures that might be taken in support of the UN process and the shared objectives of the international community”.
EU leaders furthermore regretted that neither High Representative of the EU Javier Solana, following his discussions with the Iranian nuclear negotiator, nor the Director-General of IAEA Mohamed El Baradei “were able to report a positive outcome, particularly in the fulfilment by Iran of the requirements of the UN Security Council”.
The EU leaders called upon Iran to provide full, clear and credible answers to the IAEA, to resolve all questions concerning Iran’s nuclear activities.
They also reaffirmed their full and unequivocal support for efforts to find a negotiated long-term solution to the Iranian nuclear issue and underlined that the proposals presented by the High Representative on 6 June 2006 would give Iran everything it needs to develop a civil nuclear power industry while addressing international concerns.