GET OUT OF IRAQ AND NEGOTIATE WITH IRAN SAY CHURCHES
UN Observer
Oct 4 2007
2007-10-03 | The US and its allies must "settle the dispute over
Iran’s nuclear programme through negotiations and not through the
use of military force", stated the World Council of Churches (WCC)
executive committee meeting in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.
In a "Minute on Iran and the Middle East regional crisis", the WCC
governing body calls on the Council’s member churches to "impress
upon their governments" this "acute concern" and to encourage them
to convey it to the US and its allies. "Threats to begin another war
in the Middle East defy the lessons of both history and ethics", the
committee says. "The region and its people must not suffer another war,
let alone one that is unlawful, immoral and ill-conceived once again."
Referring to "the belligerent stance of the US toward Iran and
[to the] Iranian threats against the US and Israel", the committee
affirms that "negotiated solutions are the only path to peace for
the Middle East". The minute recommends "US-Iranian and multi-party
negotiations" and affirms that the stance "against attacking Iran
seeks protection for all the populations involved, including the US
and Israeli publics". MORE
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