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British premier Gordon Brown (left) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in London on Tuesday. (AP) Last update - 22:00 23/10/2007 British PM Brown to Olmert: We're for tougher Iran sanctions By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies Tags: Gordon Brown, Ehud Olmert  LONDON - At a press conference with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday, British premier Gordon Brown said that Britain supports toughening santions on Iran, both through the United Nations Security Council and through a separate European Union channel, to discourage its nuclear amibitions. "We are absolutely clear that we are ready, and will push for, further sanctions against Iran," Brown said at the joint news conference the two leaders held after meeting. "We will work through the United Nations to achieve this. We are prepared also to have tougher European sanctions. We want to make it clear that we do not support the nuclear ambitions of that country," he continued. Advertisement Olmert endorsed that message but said sanctions weren't enough. "Economic sanctions are effective. They have an important impact already, but they are not sufficient. So there should be more. Up to where? Up until Iran will stop its nuclear program." As the two leaders met in London, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was to meet in Rome with Saeed Jalili, Iran's newly appointed chief negotiator on the nuclear issue, and his predecessor Ali Larijani. Brown sidestepped a question about when military action might be necessary. "I believe sanctions are working. I believe that we should step them up if it becomes necessary, and they will be shown to be working even more successfully. I believe the combination of our willingness to go through the UN process, which we will do, and our ability to take sanctions as a European Union, sends the strongest possible message to Iran," Brown said. "The pressure will be maintained. The pressure in fact will be stepped up," he said. It was Olmert's first meeting with Brown since the British prime minister took office in June, and takes place as international pressure grows on Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a common vision of a final peace deal before a Middle East peace conference scheduled for next month in Maryland. The Palestinians want a detailed joint statement on what peace talks are to produce, complete with a timetable for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israel is seeking greater flexibility and wants a broad statement with fewer specific commitments. During the news conference, Olmert said that the joint document would address all of the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - which include Jerusalem, borders and Palestinian refugees - but would not offer solutions. He added that the goal of the summit and the document is to draw an outline for the future of the diplomatic process, which would entail intense negotiations on core issues only after the conference. "No one can seriously expect that within this short span of time between now and the end of November we can achieve what we haven't been doing in the last 40 years," Olmert said. He added that "the purpose of the Annapolis meeting is to provide an umbrella of international support for the efforts that the Palestinians and ourselves are making in order to start serious, detailed negotiations that will lead to the creation of a two-state solution." Brown said the Annapolis talks are an important step forward, but that people should not have false hopes about the outcome. "We stand ready to give economic help to the Palestinian people," Brown said, if they can reach an agreement to a two-state solution that protects the security of Israel. Olmert held his final meeting in London Tuesday night with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting lasted an hour and a half and was held behind closed doors. Olmert refused to divulge details of the meeting. Olmert flew to London from Paris, where he met Monday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who expressed strong support for Israel. The two also discussed the Annapolis peace conference and measures to thwart Iran's nuclear program. Related articles: Sarkozy tells PM: Palestinian refugees will not return to Israel Israel joins effort to starve Iran atom program FM calls for post-summit peace team to deal with 'core issues' ANALYSIS: Annapolis summit will bring Hamas back into the fold Bookmark to del.icio.us   'Icon of evil' Hitler icons take center stage at Jerusalem students' end-of-year art show. Caught on film Human rights group releases video of IDF soldier shooting Palestinian at short range.   1.   Same Old, Same Old 17:23  |  Moshe 23/10/07   2.   Gordon Brown wants the same fate as Blair 17:44  |  Adnan 23/10/07   3.   Brown support 17:46  |  Yaqoob 23/10/07   4.   Add Israel to the list 17:54  |  A Bethlehemite 23/10/07   5.   Moshe, you are deluding yourself 17:56  |  Ricardo 23/10/07   6.   Clickfool eats his keyboard, again 18:13  |  Ed 23/10/07   7.   I wish to thank Mr. Brown for appreciating the 18:21  |  Robert 23/10/07   8.   The choices: Join the war camp or the sanction camp 20:01  |  Natallie Durson 23/10/07   9.   #8 Natalie Durson 20:46  |  Boycott 23/10/07   10.   Brown`s palms have been greased! 21:15  |  lakshmi 23/10/07   11.   Political analyst Hamid Reza Shokouhi said: 23:13  |  3-ha-ha 23/10/07   12.   Pal terrorists should not complain 23:17  |  Anti-Bethlehemite 23/10/07   13.   whos more stronger 23:51  |  levi 23/10/07   14.   Heckuva job, Brownie II 00:06  |  joebhed 24/10/07   15.   What was the price of that visit and support Olmert? 00:22  |  ralphsrant1 24/10/07   16.   WHO IS DOING MOST OF THE KILLING BLOWING THINGS UP???????? 00:53  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/10/07   17.   #7 Robert the bruce 01:19  |  Labhras 24/10/07   18.   What Natalie Durson forgot 01:37  |  Briton 24/10/07   19.   Mr Olmert and the nuclear club. 02:20  |  Maureen Ann 24/10/07   20.   Well done,Gordon ol` chap - Have a G+T on me 02:37  |  Dakkar 24/10/07   21.   Sanctions and IAEA inspections are working 02:47  |  Pablo B 24/10/07   22.   Eat your hearts out, Israel-haters. 03:36  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/10/07   23.   NR 1, Moshe The mohamedan 04:58  |  cristo 24/10/07   24.   To Pablo B. # 20 05:04  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/10/07   25.   Iran attacks Briton! Missed it. 01:42  |  joebhed 26/10/07   26.   Iran attacks redux 01:59  |  joebhed 26/10/07   27.   THE BRITISH/US GOVERNMENTALS ARE PROMISING TOUGHER SANCTIONS AND 17:28  |  glenna 21/07/08

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