Rice gets NATO support for new sanctions

Last update: December 6, 2007 - 9:35 PM

RICE GETS NATO SUPPORT FOR NEW SANCTIONS

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won support Thursday from European allies for new U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

NATO foreign ministers agreed to stay the course in seeking fresh measures at the United Nations to persuade Iran to stop uranium enrichment and reprocessing despite a new U.S. intelligence report that said the country halted its nuclear ambitions in 2003.

At a working dinner in Brussels, the alliance's headquarters, the ministers accepted the U.S. argument that Iran remains a threat and needs to be treated as such, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht told reporters. "On Iran, everybody around the table agreed we should not change our position," he said after the dinner.

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