U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday rejected as inadequate an Iranian plan to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel and called the offer a “transparent ploy” to try to avoid new UN Security Council sanctions over its suspect nuclear program.
Speaking in the Chinese capital of Beijing, Clinton said the swap offer submitted on Monday to the UN’s nuclear watchdog did not address international concerns about Iran’s atomic ambitions and that the U.S.-led push for new Security Council penalties would continue.
“There are a number of deficiencies with it that do not answer the concerns of the international community,” she told reporters after two days of intense strategic and economic talks with the Chinese that included lengthy discussions about Iran. For one, she noted that despite the offer Iran is insisting on continuing to enrich uranium at a high level.
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