Gordon Brown威胁伊朗的石油兴趣
除非它遏制核野心, Gordon Brown威胁伊朗的石油兴趣
如果它没有遏制它的核野心, Gordon Brown昨晚提出了对开发伊朗的石油燃气油田的公司的全世界禁令。
当英国和美国在德黑兰,寻求增加压力他在寻找的更加坚韧的惩罚许诺通过联合国和欧共体领先。
在他的第一主要讲话在对外政策总理说伊朗有一个选择-与国际社会的交锋和对它的严密制裁; 或中断它的核计划,结束支持为恐怖主义和被变换的世界。
Unless imminent reports from the EU and the International Atomic Energy Agency suggested movement from Iran, there would be stronger sanctions, including on oil and gas investment and the financial sector. “Iran should be in no doubt about our seriousness of purpose,” he said.
Although Mr Brown does not rule out military action, and spoke last night about the occasional need for “hard-headed intervention”, he clearly believes that the diplomatic route should be followed. Wearing white tie for the first time at a City event, he set out what he called Britain’s “agenda for a hard-headed internationalism”.
Speaking at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at Guildhall, Mr Brown also:
— Told America that it was Britain’s most important bilateral relation. “I have no truck with anti-Americanism in Britain or elsewhere,” he said;
— Urged President Musharraf of Pakistan to restore the Constitution, release all political prisoners and step down as Chief of Army Staff;
— Proposed reform of the big international institutions, including the UN, the G8, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank;
— Called for an international standby civilian force, including police and judges, to help to rebuild failed states, with reconstruction and development given equal weight with peacekeeping in international bodies.
Mr Brown said: “My approach is hard-headed internationalism: internationalist because global challenges need global solutions and nations must co-operate across borders, often with hard-headed intervention, to give expression to our shared interests and shared values.”In an apparent reassurance to the US after ministerial criticism of President Bush, he said that Britain’s partnerships were not in competition with each other but “mutually reinforcing”. He said: “It is no secret that I am a life-long admirer of America . . . and it is good for Britain, Europe and the wider world that today France and Germany and the EU are building stronger relationships with America.”
In a further reference to Iran, Mr Brown proposed that the active providers as well as the potential users of nuclear materials should be held to account. He suggested agreed access to a nuclear fuel bank to help non-nuclear states to acquire the new sources of energy they needed. But the offer would be made only if those countries renounced nuclear weapons.
He rejected isolationism and said that it was possible to contemplate a global society that empowered people. “We cannot any longer escape the consequences of our interdependence. The old distinction between ‘over there’ and ‘over here’ does not make sense of this interdependent world.”
Turning to Pakistan, Mr Brown said: “We call on President Musharraf of Pakistan to restore the Constitution and implement the necessary conditions to guarantee free and fair elections on schedule in January.”
Don McKinnon, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, last night threatened to suspend Pakistan from the 53-member group, saying that it had “seriously violated the Commonwealth’s fundamental values”. He called for the resignation of Mr Musharraf as army chief, the release of political detainees, the removal of press restrictions, a move towards elections and restoration of the Constitution.
The Pakistan High Commission in London said that “decisions regarding the transition will be taken in accordance with Pakistan’s national interests and requirements, not deadlines imposed from outside”.
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