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June 10, 2010

Turkey and Brazil Vote Against Iranian Sanctions
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Turkey and Brazil voted against the resolution, arguing they saw no
reason for imposing more sanctions against Iran. Iran recently reached a
deal with Turkey and Brazil to ship most of its enriched uranium to
Turkey in exchange for low-level nuclear fuel to run a medical reactor.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva: "Sadly, this time it was
Iran who wanted to negotiate, and those who didn’t want to negotiate
were those who think that force resolves everything. I think that taking
this decision was a mistake. I think the Security Council threw out a
historic opportunity to negotiate calmly on Iran’s nuclear program and
also to discuss in a deeper way the deactivation in countries with
nuclear bombs."



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