US Against Focus on Israel at IAEA

The US has warned the Arab states against renewing efforts to focus attention on Israel at an upcoming meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

US Ambassador to the IAEA Glyn Davies on Saturday warned "Arab ambassadors not to risk what they had achieved, by attempting to pass a new resolution condemning Israel" at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting and the 54th IAEA General Conference that is expected to begin next week.

Holding back the censure would encourage Israel's participation in an IAEA conference that is hoped to take place sometime in 2012, Davies told the international Arab-language newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.'

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