AFP UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26, 2008 (excerpts) – Six powers trying to scale down Iran’s nuclear ambitions agreed Friday on a draft Security Council resolution confirming existing UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear defiance, Russia’s foreign minister said.

“Our intention is to confirm all previous decisions,” Sergei Lavrov told reporters after meeting with his counterparts from Britain, China, France, the United States and Germany.
He was referring to the three previous rounds of Security Council sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear fuel work.

British Foreign Secretary David Milliband told reporters after the Iran meeting: “We will be presenting a short resolution for consultations today that reaffirms existing resolutions and the unity of the E3+3.”

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed that a draft resolution would be submitted later in the day.

A top German diplomat welcomed the six’s agreement on the text as “an important sign of unity on Iran”.