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NCRI – Agence France Presse, Tokyo – Japan and Australia want Iran to respond quickly to international pressure to end its controversial nuclear activities, an official said Wednesday. <\/p>\nNCRI – Agence France Presse, Tokyo – Japan and Australia want Iran to respond quickly to international pressure to end its controversial nuclear activities, an official said Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Japanese Foreign minister Taro Aso and his Australian counterpart Alexander Downer agreed on the issue during talks in Tokyo, the Japanese foreign ministry official said. <\/p>\n
Aso said the message was passed on to Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki when he attended an Asian regional forum last week in Kuala Lumpur. <\/p>\n
"We told Iran it should not think that the international community would wait patiently for its response forever. Iran needs to make a swift response," Aso was quoted as saying by the official. <\/p>\n
Iran has dragged its feet on responding to a package of incentives offered by European powers and others for it to give up its nuclear program. <\/p>\n
The UN Security Council demanded Monday that Iran end nuclear activities including uranium enrichment by August 31 or face possible sanctions. <\/p>\n
"Iran needs to provide a positive response quickly based on the UN Security Council resolution. This issue requires close cooperation," Downer was quoted as saying. <\/p>\n
However, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has refused to back down and said the Islamic republic will continue sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work. <\/p>\n
Japan and Australia are close US allies, but Tokyo is also a major investor in the Islamic republic and signed a two billion-dollar deal in 2004 to develop its largest onshore oil field. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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