Chirac urges temporary Iran sanctions if talks fail

WUHAN, China, Oct 27 (Reuters) French President Jacques Chirac said today he supported temporary, reversible and specially adapted sanctions against Iran if talks over its uranium-enrichment activities failed.

During a visit to the central Chinese industrial city of Wuhan, Chirac also said there were no divergency between China and other major world powers over North Korea, which carried out a test nuclear explosion earlier this month.

Diplomats from Russia, the United States, Britain, France, China and Germany are looking to agree on a package of sanctions against Iran, which would ban Iranian trade in nuclear materials and ballistic missiles.

Some U S media has accused Chirac of looking to take a soft line with Tehran.

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