Tehran, April 28: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made calls to a number of world leaders over the weekend as the Obama administration intensified its effort to get the UN Security Council slapped fresh sanctions against Iran as soon as possible.
“The (US) President wants this done as rapidly as possible. We all do,” the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P J Crowley, told reporters.
At present, the US is leading negotiations with the members of the Security Council on this issue in New York.
“There are meetings still going on in New York, and we want to see this wrapped up quickly. (There has) been a great deal of global engagement. The Secretary (of State) had a number of calls over the weekend to world leaders,” Crowley said.
—Agencies