Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya said
Tuesday that military and economic measures on Iran's nuclear issue
are counterproductive.
Wang, who is also the current president of the UN Security
Council, told reporters that military and other economic measures
that were considered would certainly prove to be
counterproductive.
"We still believe that negotiations and diplomatic solution is
the best way out of it," he observed.
Wang reiterated also that the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) is the best place to discuss Iran's nuclear issue, and hoped
Wednesday's visit to Iran by the head of the IAEA Mohammed
ElBaradei will bring fruitful results.
Recently, mass media quoted unidentified current and former US
officials as reporting that the Pentagon and CIA planners have been
exploring possible targets, such as the uranium enrichment plant at
Natanz and the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan, Iran.
An article published by the latest issue of the New
Yorker magazine reported the Bush administration was
considering using tactical nuclear weapons against underground
nuclear sites.
However, US President George W. Bush rejected on Monday the
reports of plans for military strikes on Iran as "wild
speculation," saying that force is not necessarily required to stop
Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2006)
