Tuesday November 9, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has announced that he expects that the international nuclear meeting will take place soon and it will take place in Turkey.

That's news because the meeting is supposed to take place in November and take place somewhere in Europe. Participating in the meeting will be Iran and the P5+1, the permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany.

So why inTurkey? Because Iran has said that they will meet in Turkey and nowhere else.

Originally, Iran had said that they would not be participating in the Conference at all. But over the weekend Iran's Foreign Minister announced a change of heart and said that they will talk with the West - in Turkey. Iran shifted the venue to get some home court advantage.

Again, so why in Turkey? Because Turkey voted for Iran in the Security Council and rejected the newest sanctions against Iran.

UN Secretary General Ban announced on Monday that the UN cannot say that Iran's nuclear technology is peaceful.

Iran was insulted and now they want to make certain that Iranian advances in nuclear material are not ceased.

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