Topic: Middle East Politics
President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Thursday in Moscow for a meeting of the Middle East quartet. Obama's first public comments on the showdown came Wednesday as his administration awaited a response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Washington's sharp complaints over the announcement of new ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said that Russia's plan to start up the nuclear reactor at an Iranian power station was "premature" without further assurances on Tehran's nuclear program. As Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Moscow, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would start up the ...
VOLGODONSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it would start up the reactor it is building at Iran's first atomic power plant in mid-2010, prompting immediate criticism from visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the startup, but Clinton said such a decision would be "premature" without Iranian assurances on its nuclear program ...
