Source: Agence France Presse
WASHINGTON, Sept 12, 2007 – The six major powers working to resolve the controversy surrounding Iran’s nuclear program will discuss a draft UN sanctions text September 21 in Washington, the State Department said Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at the level of foreign ministry policy coordinators, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
Nicholas Burns, the department’s number three official, "is going to be hosting next week here in Washington a political directors’ meeting of the P5+1 and I expect the meeting will be centered largely on discussions of what sanctions would be in the next resolution."
The meeting will include the permanent members of the UN Security Council — the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France — plus Germany.
"We are confident that we are going to be able to move forward, get a new Security Council resolution that includes new sanctions," McCormack said.
Iran meanwhile warned that its current policy of increased cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog would be "in danger" if a third set of UN sanctions were imposed.
