European Union foreign ministers say they will not support a military strike on Iran but want more talks to try to resolve worries Tehran might be developing nuclear weapons. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it is now up to Iran to respond to global powers and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana after talks in Geneva on Saturday. He says Britain and others involved in the negotiations with Iran are “100 percent focused on a diplomatic resolution” to the Iranian issue. EU foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday discussed with Solana the Saturday meeting, which made little progress in resolving the standoff. The US and Israel have not ruled out a military strike on Iran if it does not give up uranium enrichment and heed UN Security Council demands aimed at dispelling fears over its nuclear plans. Miliband says Tehran had to “get serious” about answering questions over its nuclear enrichment project. Meanwhile, Iranian Oil Minister said Tuesday his country was opposed to any crude output increase by the cartel in its September meeting in Vienna, Austria. Gholam Hossein Nozari was speaking to reporters in Tehran on the sidelines of a petrochemical conference. He said market conditions at present were in a “good situation” and should be maintained heading toward winter. Iran is OPEC's second largest oil producer and is estimated to be No. 2 in terms of global natural gas reserves. Oil prices have been pushed up higher all year, partly because of the standoff between the West and Iran.
