LUXEMBOURG, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president said a political and diplomatic resolution should be found to the Iranian nuclear issue to avoid a deadlock.
Vladimir Putin's statement to journalists after an international nuclear disaster prevention conference in Luxembourg followed the presentation Wednesday of a report by the director general of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, saying Iran had ignored UN Security Council Resolution 1747 and was stepping up uranium enrichment.
Putin said: "We should find solutions that would not violate Iran's right to use modern technologies, but would calm the international community's concerns over its possession of nuclear weapons."
U.S. President George W. Bush told a news conference at the White House Thursday he would work with the leaders of Russia and China, which have repeatedly vetoed U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran, to isolate the regime.
"My view is that we need to strengthen our sanctions regime," Bush told a news conference at the White House. "Of course, I will discuss this issue with Vladimir Putin as well as President Hu Jintao," Bush said.
In the latest show of Iran's defiance, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday his country would under no circumstances stop its nuclear development.
