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Brazil Says It Supports 'Peaceful' Iranian Nuclear Work

   VOA News 26 April 2010
   Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani (R) meets with Brazil's Foreign
   Minister  Celso  Amorim  in  Tehran. UN Security Council member Brazil
   reiterated its support for Iran's quest for "peaceful" nuclear energy,
   as world powers built pressure for a new set o

Photo: AFP

   Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani (R) meets with Brazil's Foreign
   Minister  Celso  Amorim  in  Tehran. UN Security Council member Brazil
   reiterated its support for Iran's quest for "peaceful" nuclear energy,
   as  world  powers built pressure for a new set of UN sanctions against
   Tehran, 26 April 2010

   Brazil's  foreign  minister  is  in  Tehran  for  talks  with  Iranian
   officials on bilateral and international issues, including the dispute
   over Iran's nuclear program.
   Foreign  Minister  Celso  Amorim  said  Monday  that  Brazil  supports
   expansion  of  what he called "peaceful nuclear activities" for Iran's
   people, just as it does for its own people.
   He  spoke  during  talks  with  Iran's  top  nuclear negotiator, Saeed
   Jalili.
   The  United  States  and  its  allies accuse Iran of using its nuclear
   program  to  secretly  develop  weapons.  And  Washington is leading a
   diplomatic  push to get Brazil and other U.N. Security Council members
   to approve new sanctions against Iran over the issue.
   Iran  says  its  nuclear  program  is  for peaceful civilian purposes.
   Brazil has not said how it would vote on a new sanctions resolution.
   Iran has been pursuing closer relations with Brazil as part of its own
   diplomatic  campaign  to  prevent  a  fourth  round of U.N. sanctions.
   Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to visit Iran next
   month. The two nations are major trading partners.
   Iranian  Foreign  Minister Manouchehr Mottaki continued his efforts to
   avert  U.N. sanctions Monday by visiting Bosnia, another U.N. Security
   Council member.
   Mottaki  held  talks  in  Sarajevo with the Bosnian Muslim chairman of
   Bosnia's  tri-partite  Presidency,  Haris  Silajdzic, and with Bosnian
   Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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