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UNITED NATIONS-Russia has set no deadline for Iran to respond to an offer from six world powers aimed at resolving Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West, Russia's U.N. ambassador said on Wednesday."We haven't set any deadlines ourselves for their response and there is ongoing dialogue," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters. "Certainly there is a matter which is going to be discussed ... by the ministers in September." Churkin did not comment on a telephone conversation held on Wednesday with senior foreign ministry officials from the six countries leading the efforts to persuade Tehran to freeze its nuclear enrichment program-Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany. The United States and Britain said the six agreed to consider a fourth sanctions resolution at the U.N. Security Council. Churkin said the issue had not been raised in New York and made it clear that Russia was in no hurry to raise it."I haven't seen any pushes here," he said.He said the next steps would be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers from the six countries on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in September.Other council diplomats have said privately they believed no new draft sanctions resolution would be ready to circulate to the full council before the General Assembly.Several diplomats also have expressed surprise at what they described as a U.S. rush to begin drafting new sanctions.To read more go to:
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