TEHRAN (AFP) - UN Security Council member Brazil said on Monday that imposing sanctions against Iran would be "negative and unfair," as world powers increase the pressure to adopt new measures against Tehran.
Brazil, a non-permanent council member, also reiterated its support for Iran's quest for "peaceful" nuclear energy, saying Tehran has the right to pursue such activity.
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BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil shares "great affinity" with China over what course to take on Iran, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thursday, as UN Security Council members mulled new sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Amorim said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva outlined Brazil's defense of Iran in the teeth of the sanctions threat in bilateral talks with Chinese Pr [...]
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazil on Tuesday again urged the international community to negotiate with Iran rather than seek to apply sanctions over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
"Brazil still sees space to negotiate on the agreement proposed by the IAEA," Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said after talks in Rio de Janeiro with International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukiya Ama [...]
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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Monday that Middle East peace has long been his dream.
"Mr President Peres, I dream of the day when the Middle East will have peace so that all peoples can achieve prosperity," he said in Jerusalem where he met Peres and other Israeli leaders.
"The virus of peace has been with me s [...]
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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, seeking to bring a fresh outlook to the peace process on a trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.
His official programme begins on Monday with a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres, followed by talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader [...]
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BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle said after talks here they agreed it was crucial to allow the creation of a new nuclear power, but clashed on the issue of sanction [...]
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