ugh…why are these things so predictable.
US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Gregory Schulte says Syria has three months – until the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s next governors’ meeting in March – to start cooperating on its nuclear program, or it will be punished. A failure to do so, he warns, will lead to “punishment measures”.
In an interview published Saturday with the London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper, Schulte said that “the Damascus authorities must decide whether they wish to follow in Iran’s footsteps or cooperate.”
He added that this was not an official extension, but a date on which the nuclear watchdog would reexamine the Syrian nuclear issue, after the matter was discussed in the council’s latest meeting two weeks ago.
IAEA governors at odds over Syria bid for atom aid / Reuters
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