ST PETERSBURG, July 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Saturday for a common strategy to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff but stressed that Moscow would not take part in any ‘crusades’.
“We’re not going to take part in any crusades, any holy unions... but our common aim is to make the world a safer place,” Mr Putin said after meeting US counterpart George Bush ahead of the G8 summit in St Petersburg.
“We are going to come up with common approaches to this common problem,” Mr Putin said at a press conference, insisting on the need for diplomacy on Iran and Tehran’s right to develop nuclear energy.—AFP
