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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Kerry desakkan for the Planned crackdown as a warning to Iran

John Kerry (REUTERS/Gary Cameron)

The same for North Korea not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, then the same also applies to Iran. "
Washington (Reuters)-United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday prompt response is "strong and credible" from world leaders to North Korea over the nuclear test recently conducted.

According to Kerry, those steps can demonstrate to Iran that the international community is not playing in the non-proliferation issue, the AFP report.

"This is about the proliferation and also about Iran. These two things are closely related, "said Kerry after meeting with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.

"It's important for the international community to have the credibility to make non-proliferation efforts got the confidence," he said while stressing that the powerful countries would back negotiations with Tehran in the next two weeks to discuss suspicions of Iran's nuclear program problem.

On the other hand, in the annual State of the Union speech before Congress on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama promised the United States would take "tough steps" with the allied countries to punish North Korea after Pyongyang sparked global outrage with a third nuclear test.

"The same for North Korea not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, then the same also applies to Iran," he told reporters.

"Action is as hard as it will impact both for all other businesses related to non-proliferation," said Kerry.

Kerry said that the United States now "will focus his energies" to enforce harsh sanctions from the UN Security Council for Pyongyang over the nuclear tests, which he called "provocative actions" in violation of UN resolutions.

"If you want to say something, then it must have a word meaning something. And so that the words can be meaningful, You must perform the appropriate action, "said Kerry.

"The North Korea nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in the country now is not just a threat for the United States but also for the peace and security of the world," he said.

Meanwhile China, which are allies of North Korea's trade and politics, have signed a UN Security Council statement which condemned Pyongyang's actions were "clearly a violation" of UN resolutions. (G005)



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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Kerry: AS being President of Syria to withdraw then make

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (REUTERS/There/Handout)

I am sure there is a way that can be done to change the attitude of the current President Bashar (who wish to remain in power). "
Washington (Reuters)-Washington currently trying to convince Syria President Bashar al-Assad to step down from his post and accept the consequences, "inevitable", said United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday.

"I am sure there is a way that can be done to change the attitude of the current President Bashar (who wish to remain in power)," said Kerry told reporters, AFP reported.

The highest United States Diplomat did not disclose in detail the steps that will be undertaken to convince Bashar, but on the other hand claimed to have a "good omen" for the success of the plan.

Kerry, who recently met with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, was confident the withdrawal of Bashar is the "inevitable" given the condition of the civil war in Syria at the moment.

"Currently, conditions in Syria is still not able to compel him to go down, but in the future it is inevitable," said Kerry.

United States currently proposed solutions that could be negotiated to end the civil war that had lasted for 23 months and killed an estimated 70,000 people in Syria, said Kerry.

The purpose of the Act is the United States to avoid "splitting into two countries, Syria because it is very dangerous and can produce the most likely bad for all concerned."

In addition, Kerry indicated that Jordan would urge the United States, along with Russia, which is an ally of Syria, to put more pressure for Bashar to be willing to step down.

Moscow has been getting criticism for maintaining good relations with the regime of Bashar while fighting with guerrillas of the opposition groups. The country is also rumored to hold supplies weapons to the Government in Damascus.

"I still have hopes that Russia and the United States can find the similarity principle in this issue," Kerry said while adding that King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit Moscow.

Meanwhile, Judeh said that "the situation in Syria is currently untenable" and revealed that there had been "general agreement among the international community" about the need for a political dialogue.

"We need more ways and appropriate measures to bridge wide differences over setting a deadline for settlement of the conflict," he said.

"As such, we can conduct political dialogue that resulted in a solution that was agreed upon by all parties, namely the transition and completion of the violence," said Judeh.

A diplomat from Russia on Wednesday said that the Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and leader of the opposition group National Coalition Moaz al-Khatib Ahmed will travel to Moscow separately in the next few weeks. (G005)



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