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Chirac shifts position over Iran sanctions before Bush meeting - by Devika Bhat
Jacques Chirac has broken ranks with the other Western powers over their strategy of containing Iran on the eve of a summit of world leaders in New York.
The French President said that world powers should abandon the idea of sanctions and in return Iran should agree to give up its programme of uranium enrichment while discussions between the two sides took place.It was the first time a European leader has clearly stated that suspending uranium enrichment - a key step to building nuclear weapons - was not a pre-condition for opening negotiations, with M Chirac indicating that the suspension should come during rather than before talks.
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