Russia Says U.S. Sanctions Will Hit Ties

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:05 PM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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Russia accused Washington on Friday of breaking international law and undermining cooperation on Iran's nuclear program after it imposed sanctions on companies accused of passing sensitive technology to Tehran.

The U.S. State Department said on an official website it had imposed sanctions on firms in China and Russia for alleged sales of sensitive technology that could help Iran, North Korea and Syria develop weapons of mass destruction or missile systems.

"These new sanctions were introduced without any international legal foundation whatsoever," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

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"All our trade and all of our military-technical cooperation with Iran is carried out in strict accordance with current international legal norms," Lavrov said.

"There can be no other explanation here than the rather arrogant extra-territorial implementation of American laws."

Western states suspect Iran of trying to develop a nuclear bomb. Tehran denies this, saying its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.

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