Ban Ki-Moon visiting Iran
Despite calls from the US and Israel not to go, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has decided to continue showing off the United Nations' moral depravity by attending a conference of the 'non-aligned movement' in Tehran. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s decision Wednesday to go to Tehran for the Non-Aligned Movement’s (NAM) summit will make it more difficult for him and others to convince Israel to give diplomacy more time in dealing with Iran, government officials said.But of course, this won't stop President Hussein Obama from continuing to provide 22% of the UN's annual budget.
The official said this was a “bad day for all those who wanted to see the exercise of vibrant diplomacy” end the Iranian crisis, because Ban’s visit will decrease Iran’s isolation and render hollow the argument that all peaceful means are being used – including diplomatic isolation – to press Tehran.
“This undermines the diplomatic pressure,” the official said. “Iran will view this as a victory, and say that as a result they are not isolated.
On the contrary, the leadership will be able to tell their people that international leaders are visiting their capital.”
By deciding to attend the conference, Ban has turned a deaf ear to direct appeals from the US and Israel, who urged him not to go.
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Iran’s official FARS news agency quoted the vicechairman of the parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, Mansour Haqiqatpour, as saying the summit “will promote the Islamic Republic’s political face and also serve as a good political backup for Iran in its future talks” with the world powers negotiating over the nuclear program.
He also said the summit would boost the Iranian economy, and that the presence of senior world officials would “prepare the bed for bilateral and multilateral negotiations to help Iran bypass the [Western] sanctions, establish joint banks, set up transportation and transit networks, and other areas of economic cooperation.”
What could go wrong?
Labels: Ban Ki-Moon, Barack Hussein Obama, Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Non-Aligned Movement
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