Emyr Parry
Emyr Parry
Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstPis a retired British diplomat. He is a former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council...
discussed early elements expect france good later meeting progress reactions referred uk view week
We had a very good meeting. We discussed the elements that France and the UK put down. These are now being referred to capitals and I expect we will have an early meeting later this week to see what the reactions are with a view to making progress on the text.
african brought clear quite union
We're quite clear that's what we need to do if the African Union agrees, but the African Union must be brought to agree.
actively driving forward management proposals putting
very actively on the management dossier and putting forward proposals and driving it.
basis best consensus covered interest main nobody percent recognize reflects satisfied
Nobody is going to be 100 percent satisfied with this text, but I think it is a basis for all of us to say our main interest is covered by it and that we recognize it reflects the best consensus we can come to now.
basic bit comments looking mix progress quite
We're looking now at a mix of different comments on basic texts. We've made a bit of progress but we have quite a lot more progress to make.
continued deal
We don't have a deal but we continued our discussions, we will continue them and we edged forward... but it's edging forward.
apply asked best board discussing encourage iran means meet pressure support
We are discussing the best means by which we can apply pressure to encourage Iran to meet what the board has asked and demonstrate our support for the board.
confident quite
We are not there yet, but I am quite confident that we will be soon.
community dispute france interest serious situation
We have a very serious situation with Iran. This is not a dispute between the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany) and Iran. It is the interest of the international community as a whole.
colleagues frankly message particular points preferred seen send text
There are some points not in the text that frankly we would have preferred to have seen in the text. Other colleagues said no, that would send a different message at this particular time.
best carried decision dignity nations plan stage united
We would like to see the AU take a decision imminently to actually say we carried the burden, we carried it with dignity and that at this stage the best plan would be for the United Nations to take over that operation.
consent request
at the request of and with the consent of a government.
agreed prospect
If there's no prospect for an agreed conclusion, we won't be amending the text.
means potential produce
If you can do one centrifuge, you can do 164. If you can do 164, you probably do many more. That means you have the potential to do full-scale enrichment. If you can do enrichment up to 7 percent, you can do 80 percent. If you can do 80 percent, you can produce a bomb.