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 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts from Australia and Japan urged Iran on Saturday to suspend all uranium enrichment activities and resume negotiations over its disputed nuclear program.
"We have grave concerns about Iran's nuclear program and discussed the need for concerted action at the U.N. Security Council to convince Iran to promptly suspend all enrichment related activities, fully cooperate with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), return to negotiations and take all steps called for by the IAEA board," Rice, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said in a joint statement released after three-way security talks.
Iran offered Thursday to enter into talks with the United States aimed at stabilizing Iraq. But White House national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley said Friday that Iran's offer is probably a ploy designed to "divert pressure and divert attention" from international concern that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb.
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