UK foreign secretary says must not concede too far on Iran talks
MANAMA - Britain and other powers negotiating with Iran for a deal over its nuclear program, which they suspect is aimed at building a bomb, must not make "unwise concessions" for the sake of convenience, Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said on Saturday.
"We must choose persistence over convenience ... upholding our principle position on enrichment rather than succumbing to the temptation to make unwise concessions to get a deal done," Hammond told a security conference in Bahrain.
Hammond said Britain's ultimate objective in the talks was an agreement that ensures Iran cannot develop nuclear weapons capability, but moved to reassure Gulf allies by adding that he shared their security concerns.
