Saudi says no bar to nuclear cooperation with Russia
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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince  Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday the kingdom does not see any  obstacle to cooperating with Russia on developing a nuclear  energy program.
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A prominent Saudi dissident said Wednesday that authorities had not contacted him about a move in the United Nations to impose international sanctions against him.
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TEHRAN (International Herald Tribune) - President Vladimir Putin of Russia told a meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of the others. Putin's comments and the declaration came at a time when France and the United States have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran's nuclear energy program, which they believe masks a desire to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is solely for peaceful purposes.
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia&#039;s role should not be to counter the United States, adding that Washington was &quot;our principal partner,&quot; with close positions on issues such as global security, nonproliferation and disarmament.
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The Syrian leader denies plans to buy Russian missiles as he embarks on a visit to Moscow.
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A senior Saudi official rejected on Friday a suggestion that his government was lax in pursuing Saudi nationals who provide money to Iraqi insurgents or terrorist groups.
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Russia said it agreed with China no ultimatum should be issued to Iran over its nuclear programme, underlining divisions as world powers met on Friday to discuss U.S. and British proposals for possible sanctions.
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President Putin offers guarded support for Iran's divisive nuclear programme after talks in Tehran.
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Saudi Arabia&#39;s Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz decided to boycott the annual Gulf summit as the kingdom accuses its smaller Gulf neighbors of weakening Gulf solidarity by forging economic and security agreements with foreign powers.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow was opposed to seeing Iran referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program, warning such a step could be &quot;counter-productive&quot;.
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Saudi Arabia said on Monday Iran's nuclear program was an extra burden on a region already fraught with challenges, but that Gulf Arab allies had the right to their own peaceful atomic ambitions.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would not approve the sale of uranium to Moscow if there was any possibility it could be resold to Iran or Syria.
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Yesterday the authorities of Russia and Israel rejected rumors about a crisis in bilateral relations.
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Israel's nuclear arsenal may provoke an arms race in the Middle East in which even moderate states could get involved, the Saudi intelligence chief said on Friday.
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Russia said Friday it could not rule out freezing its participation in a treaty limiting non-nuclear heavy weaponry around Europe after its attempt to overhaul the accord was rebuffed in what a diplomat called "fine, polite, elegant lip service."
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Russia said on Saturday it had no plans for a major build-up of forces following its decision to freeze compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
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Russia said on Saturday it had no plans  for a major build-up of forces following its decision to freeze  compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.