| The Director General of the International Atomic | | | | you have lots of these technologies on a CD |
| Energy Agency says dialogue with North Korea | | | | Rom. Export control is really not sufficient. We |
| and Iran is the only way to resolve disputes | | | | really need to go to ask ourselves a question, |
| about their nuclear ambitions. | | | | why these countries are tempted to develop |
| Mohamed ElBaradei says the international | | | | nuclear weapons, or chemical or biological?" |
| community must discard the idea that dialogue is | | | | As for Iran, which the United States says wants |
| appeasement or a reward for bad behavior. | | | | to join North Korea in becoming a nuclear power, |
| "Dialogue is an essential tool to change behavior. | | | | El Baradei says it is not yet clear if the Iranian |
| Whether it is North Korea, whether it is Iran, | | | | government has embarked on that same path. |
| whether it is a Palestinian issue," said ElBaradei. "In | | | | "I say that the jury is still out. I say that Iran has |
| diplomacy, I feel that without a dialogue, you | | | | the knowledge to enrich uranium, there is no |
| cannot move. You end up stereotyping. The other | | | | question about it," he noted. "We have not seen |
| issue, of course, is that it has to be incremental, | | | | Iran developing the industrial capacity which |
| any solution. You know, these are so [such] | | | | enables them to have the required material to |
| complex issues that you have to go step by step | | | | develop a weapon." |
| by step and sequencing is a key." | | | | But ElBaradei says Iran is clearly in violation of |
| Mr. ElBaradei calls the recent nuclear test by North | | | | international nuclear safeguards. He says Iran has |
| Korea "inexcusable." But he says sanctions agreed | | | | not thoroughly reported its nuclear activities to |
| upon by the U.N. Security Council are only one tool | | | | the IAEA as required under the Nuclear |
| to deter countries with nuclear ambitions. | | | | Non-proliferation Treaty, which it signed. |
| "Once you start applying penalties, it brings the | | | | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said |
| hardliners in the driver's seat. I think sanctions, we | | | | repeatedly he wants nuclear technology for |
| need to understand that we need to use | | | | peaceful purposes only. |
| sanctions in a measured way to induce change of | | | | The United States and its allies have demanded |
| behavior," he added. "That means, in addition to | | | | that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, a key step |
| sanctions, we need to also look for constructive | | | | in developing nuclear arms, before negotiations |
| engagement." | | | | can take place. Iran says there should be no |
| ElBaradei says without dialogue the risks grow. | | | | preconditions for talks. |
| "It becomes a more dangerous world because | | | | Despite the impasse, IAEA Director ElBaradei |
| the technology has developed. | | | | says, Iran would not be able to make a bomb |
| In the past, we used to rely on export control," | | | | until 2010 or 2015 which leaves plenty of time for |
| continued ElBaradei. "Well, that is a good tool but it | | | | negotiations on the nuclear issue. |
| is not sufficient any longer. We know now that | | | | |