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Livni heads to China in drive against Iran nuclear program

By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, DPA and Haaretz Staff

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni set out for China on Saturday night for a visit that is part of a broader Israeli effort to press world leaders on Iran's nuclear program.

Livni is expected to tell Chinese officials that if the international community turns a blind eye to Iran's nuclear designs, there will be dire consequences for the struggle between the extremists and the moderates in the Middle East and, as a result, for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is staunchly opposed to stepping up the sanctions against Iran, an important trading partner.

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Livni will meet with China's prime minister and foreign minister as well as other government and Communist Party officials, academics and media personalities close to the regime. Livni's message will be that sanctions on Iran, "the neighborhood bully," are necessary to avoid a domino effect in the Middle East.

The foreign minister will stress that time is running out, and that only economic pressure, sanctions and other steps set by the Security Council can solve the Iranian nuclear problem peacefully.

Livni's visit picks up where Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left off with his recent visits to Moscow, Paris and London, and is part of a comprehensive Israeli diplomatic effort against Iran's nuclearization.

German FM: Nuclear arms must not reach Holocaust deniers
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that nuclear weapons must not land "in the hands of people who deny the Holocaust," in a reference to remarks by Ahmadinejad and to his country's nuclear program.

Steinmeier, however, also strongly warned against any "military adventures" against Iran in the conflict over its nuclear activities. He made the remarks in a speech at the national congress of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Hamburg.

The foreign minister's remarks came after the United States announced Thursday sweeping new sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's defense ministry and a number of banks.

Ahmadinejad has described the Holocaust as a myth and has called for Israel to be wiped off the map. In addition to this, Iran this year hosted an international conference questioning whether the Nazis used gas chambers to kill Jews during the Holocaust.

Steinmeier declared: "We must prevent nuclear weapons in the Middle East. But military adventures are no contribution to a solution."

"On the contrary, the daily ranting about it only makes a solution more difficult," Steinmeier said.

The foreign minister added that Iranian possession of nuclear weapons "would destabilise the entire Middle East," while stressing that Germany continue to work towards a diplomatic solution along with the United States, Russia and China.

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1.	UPTILL WHEN THE WORLD WILL REMAIN HOSTAGE TO A 70 YEAR OLD EVENT	21:54	\|	JACKAL	27/10/07

2.	I agree	22:24	\|	Peter XM	27/10/07

3.	To Eternity #1	22:24	\|	robert	27/10/07

4.	If 70 years is too much, Mr JACKAL	22:28	\|	HS	27/10/07

5.	The answer my friend (1) is quite simple:	22:30	\|	Karl	27/10/07

6.	Misplaced Outrage	22:45	\|	longwalksinparis	27/10/07

7.	#2 Palestinians are suffering	22:49	\|	HS	27/10/07

8.	I LOVE THIS WOMEN	22:54	\|	Nephtaly	27/10/07

9.	Nuclear technology from Germany reached Iran for 20 years	23:02	\|	Jonathan S	27/10/07

10.	Nr 2 The Pals will Suffer because of Grand Mufti	23:07	\|	cristo	27/10/07

11.	But HE IS AN IDIOT	23:24	\|	NEPHTALY	27/10/07

12.	Nr 3 Just remember these palestinian terrorists	23:29	\|	cristo	27/10/07

13.	response to talkback	23:29	\|	Beagles	27/10/07

14.	"Now we have the means also"	23:52	\|	Daniel	27/10/07

15.	Not reassuring, considering Germany`s ME arms supply history	23:55	\|	Dr. L. Brnd	27/10/07

16.	Livni already said that Iran nukes are no threat	00:13	\|	Steve	28/10/07

17.	But Livini, your country supplied weapons to Iran.	00:15	\|	Maureen Ann	28/10/07

18.	Israel	00:23	\|	JJ	28/10/07

19.	Livni`s trip is squandering of taxpayers money	00:25	\|	Absolute Sweden	28/10/07

20.	more grotesque Israeli hypocrisy	00:57	\|	peacelover	28/10/07

21.	All nukes must be destroyed	01:25	\|	ManintheMiddle	28/10/07

22.	China needs fuel. Peace in the M.E. means nothing to them	01:39	\|	Jason	28/10/07

23.	germany`s double game	01:53	\|	roland	28/10/07

24.	Livni	01:56	\|	siegfried buchwalte	28/10/07

25.	@ Jackal	02:04	\|	Shmuel	28/10/07

26.	MAUREEN ANN #15	02:43	\|	JOJO	28/10/07

27.	Nr 19- why you care? Its not your country?	04:26	\|	cristo	28/10/07

28.	China no stupid	04:38	\|	Dav	28/10/07

29.	Nuclear arms must not reach Holocaust deniers	07:29	\|	justiceseeker	28/10/07

30.	#9 everything is a question of time	09:16	\|	kraut	28/10/07

31.	Waste of Time Department	10:34	\|	Clickfool	28/10/07

32.	PETERxm.Palestinians suffer because they refused peace.	11:14	\|	PETER S .M.	28/10/07

33.	JACKAL NO suicide bombings in Pakistan to day ? Yet.	11:21	\|	PETER S.M.	28/10/07

34.	#33 Golly Day, "the neighborhood bully"	20:18	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

35.	#4 What does that have to do with	20:21	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

36.	#7 You are right and those early	20:26	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

37.	#9 German FM has sense; you do not!	20:33	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

38.	#2 Say Cristo	20:36	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

39.	#14 Say Daniel	20:38	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

40.	Absolute Swedem	20:48	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

41.	#32 Yeah Peter SM	20:50	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

42.	#15 Say Maureen	20:52	\|	ballistic	28/10/07

43.	Nr 35, those are mohamedans in Jews clothing	03:00	\|	cristo	29/10/07

44.	#43 Cristo	17:25	\|	ballistic	29/10/07

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