【09.12.18 澳大利亚人报】US warns Chinese on Iran nuclear threat

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JERUSALEM: US President Barack Obama has warned his Chinese counterpart that Washington would not be able to keep Israel from attacking Iranian nuclear installations for much longer, reports said yesterday.
Israeli officials told Haaretz Mr Obama warned Chinese President Hu Jintao during the US President's visit to Beijing a month ago as part of the US attempt to convince the Chinese to support strict sanctions on Tehran if it does not accept Western proposals for its nuclear program.
The Israeli officials said the US had informed Israel about Mr Obama's meetings in Beijing on Iran. They said Mr Obama made it clear to Mr Hu that at some point the US would no longer be able to prevent Israel from acting as it saw fit in response to the perceived Iranian threat, the report said.
After the Beijing summit, the US administration thought the Chinese had understood the message -- Beijing agreed to join the condemnation of Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency only a week after Mr Obama's visit. But in the past two weeks the Chinese have maintained their hard stance on the West's wishes to impose sanctions on the Islamic republic.
The Israeli officials told the paper the Americans now understood that the Chinese agreed to join the condemnation announcement only because Mr Obama made a personal request to Mr Hu, not as part of a policy change.
The Chinese have even refused a Saudi-American initiative designed to end Chinese dependence on Iranian oil, which would allow China to agree to the sanctions, the Israeli officials told the paper.
Saudi Arabia, which is also worried about the Iranian nuclear program and keen to advance international steps against Iran, offered to supply the Chinese the same quantity of oil the Iranians now provide, and at much lower prices, Haaretz said. But China rejected the deal.
Since Mr Obama's visit, the Chinese have refused to join any measures to impose sanctions.
The Israeli officials told the paper Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was showing a greater willingness for sanctions on Iran, despite hesitations by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Western governments yesterday united to denounce Iran's test-firing of a long-range ballistic missile, warning it would only increase international determination to press for more sanctions if Tehran refused to negotiate over its nuclear program.
Britain, the US, France and Germany condemned the rocket launch. Germany called the test alarming, and France described it as "a very bad signal to the international community".
The first test of an improved version of the Sejil-2 missile, which is capable of reaching Israel and US bases in the Gulf, was reported on Wednesday in a one-sentence announcement on Iranian state television.
The extended range of 1930km puts not only targets across the Middle East within striking distance, but also reaches southeastern Europe.

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