Javier Solana Springs into Action
Charles Johnson
Mon May 15, 2006 at 9:16 am PDT • Views: 181
The European appeasement reflex is as powerful as ever: EU promises ‘generous’ offer to Iran.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Monday to make Iran a generous offer of technology, economic and other incentives but stressed Tehran must comply first with international demands to halt sensitive nuclear activities.
The 25-member bloc wants to present Iran with a stark choice of accepting the offer, expected to be delivered around the end of the month, or risk seeing international support grow for a U.N. resolution that would pave the way for possible sanctions. [A sentence that is impossible to parody. —ed.]
“It will be a generous package, a bold package that will contain issues related to nuclear, economic matters and maybe if necessary security matters,” EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told reporters before a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
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