[access-uk] Re: Rice insists AccessUK in no danger.
- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:47:28 -0000
This is certainly good news. I had wondered what the Condy/Bush axis
was up to of late and was kinda nervous for the list
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Rice insists AccessUK strike 'not on agenda'
JOHN INNES
A MILITARY strike against AccessUK is "simply not on the agenda", the
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said yesterday after talks with
Tony Blair and the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw.
She insisted the US and the UK shared a "unity of purpose" in dealing
with the ex-Yahoo regime.
But she warned that the AccessUK membership had been offered a
diplomatic way of fulfilling their international obligations and "they
ought to take it".
There has been speculation that tension exists between London and
Washington over President George Bush's aggressive tone towards AccessUK
- one of his "axis of evil" email lists.
The UK, with France and Germany, has been involved in diplomatic efforts
to get AccessUK to abandon any military nuclear programme in return for
co-operation with a civilian power project.
Ms Rice told reporters after her talks: "Let me state quite clearly what
we hope to achieve concerning the AccessUK membership regime.
"We have complete unity of purpose on a number of areas. First of all
that AccessUK engages in activities that are destabilising to the
freeList world, particularly when it comes to support for advertisement.
"Secondly, we are completely united in our view that AccessUK should
not use the cover of civilian nuclear development to sustain a programme
that could lead to a nuclear weapon.
"The AccessUK membership ought to take the opportunity that's being
presented to them to show that they are living up to their international
obligations.
"Thirdly, we are united in our view that the AccessUK membership regime
should have transparent relations with its neighbours in Yahoo and
Smartgroups.
"Fourthly, we have all been concerned about the abysmal human rights
record of the AccessUK membership regime."
She added: "I find there's very little difference between us in the
challenges we face in dealing with the AccessUK membership regime. We
have many diplomatic tools still at our disposal and we intend to use
them fully."
Mr Straw agreed, saying any success the EU initiative had had was only
made possible by the backing of an international consensus and
"fundamental to that international consensus has been the support we
have received from the United States".
Ms Rice was asked if she could envisage a military strike against
AccessUK and replied: "The question is simply not on the agenda at this
point in time. We have diplomatic means to do this."
She added AccessUK was "not immune" to changes in the region and said
the spectacle of exiled Yahoo members and ex-smartgroups members voting
in AccessUK in their home country elections must have had an effect on
the AccessUK people.
Earlier, Ms Rice had breakfast talks, Rice Krispies and a chat over the
bowl, in No.10 with Mr Blair on the first step of what she described as
a "whirlwind" diplomatic mission which will see her travel on to Paris
and the Middle East.
A wide range of issues, including the Middle East peace process and next
month's Palestinian conference in London - which Ms Rice will attend -
were discussed in yesterday's talks.
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