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US President George W. Bush and European Union (EU)leaders called on Iran on Wednesday to keep its promise not to produce nuclear weapons.
Speaking in a White House news conference with EU leaders, Bush said the United States and the European Union agreed to press Iran to comply with the UN nuclear watchdog agency's demands.
"Iran has pledged not to develop nuclear weapons and the entire international community must hold that regime to its commitments,"Bush said. "Iran must comply, and if they don't, we'll deal with that when they don't."
"The United States and the EU are working closely to meet the proliferation challenges posed by North Korea and Iran," he said.
Representing the EU, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, and European Commission President Romano Prodi emphasized the vital importance of strong ties between Europe and the United States.
Prodi said trans-Atlantic deliberations on Iran were "going on daily and deeply ... We have to be sure that it doesn't constitute a danger to future peace."
(Xinhua News Agency June 26, 2003)
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