French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy declared in Paris
on Friday that the six powers are "completely in agreement on the
framework for a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran's
nuclear issue."
The six powers, namely Russia, France, Britain, China, Germany,
Russia and the US, "have completely agreed on the framework for the
next step of the Security Council" during a high level telephone
conference on Thursday, Douste-Blazy said at a press
conference.
They acknowledged the fact that, in accordance with the
resolution 1737, "they agreed, from now on, to put forward a new
resolution under the article 41 of chapter VII in the Charter of
United Nations," the French foreign minister said.
Under the framework of this article, the Security Council would
take all necessary measures, excluding military ones, in order to
enforce the resolutions.
Douste-Blazy added that they also talked about the possible
content in the next resolution, underlining that "it should reflect
on the spirit of resolution 1737."
(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2007)
