Bras\u00edlia \u2013 Today (22nd), after luncheon with the Lebanese president, Michel Sleiman, in Bras\u00edlia (the Brazilian capital), president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva stated that he has ordered the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, to travel today to Tehran, the Iranian capital, to discuss the country\u2019s nuclear program. \u201cWe are going to talk in order to try to develop each and every decision prior to my arrival in Tehran,\u201d said Lula, during a press conference, referring to the visit that he will pay to Iran in May.<\/p>\n
Brazil is against the imposition of new sanctions on Iran by the UN Security Council, and calls for a negotiated solution to the impasse on the country\u2019s nuclear program. The Iranian government claims that it seeks uranium enriching for peaceful purposes, but Western powers, in particular the United States, are suspicious that Tehran might be seeking to develop atomic weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to prepare my trip, to learn what are the possibilities of us having the [international atomic energy] agency reach an agreement with Iran,\u201d said the president. Amorim will also travel to Turkey and Russia. Brazil, Turkey and Lebanon are against the tightening of the sanctions, and the three countries are presently temporary members of the Security Council.<\/p>\n
Lula stated once more that Brazil is for the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes. \u201cWe want for Iran what we want for Brazil, and the Brazilian Constitution prohibits nuclear weapons,\u201d he declared. \u201cWe have got moral and political authority to discuss the matter with whoever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
According to the president, \u201cdiscussing world peace is not a privilege of one or other country, but of all those who practice peace on a daily basis.\u201d Brazil is seeking to have greater input in Middle East conflict negotiations.<\/p>\n
Lula also said that it takes effort to reach a negotiated solution to the Iranian issue. \u201cI believe that the maturity of the men that comprise the Security Council will prevail,\u201d he stated. According to him, the guarantee that Iran and other countries will not develop nuclear weapons lies in the signing of international treaties formulated by multilateral organizations, such as the UN.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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