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China Risks Backlash With Iran Sanction Refusal
Thursday, February 11, 2010
BEIJING — China’s refusal to sign on to new sanctions against Iran risks prompting a backlash affecting its increasingly complex interests abroad, experts say.
Recent remarks by President Barack Obama citing China’s opposition, and unusually tough talk from Russia — long a sanctions skeptic — has spotlighted Beijing’s refusal to back such steps as a way of pressuring Iran over its nuclear program.
Nikolai Patrushev, the chief of Russia’s Security Council, said Tuesday that Iran’s recent actions “have raised doubts among other nations, and these doubts are quite well-founded.” His comments appeared to indicate that Russia is increasingly warming up to the U.S. sanctions push.
