24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

Diplomatie:

Netanyahu: EU sanctions step in the right direction

PM's comments come in wake of EU agreement to impose oil embargo against Iran as part of sanctions over its nuclear program.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union's decision on Monday to impose sanctions on Iran's oil exports, calling the decision "a step in the right direction".
According to Netanyahu, who spoke at an afternoon Likud faction meeting, it is still too early to predict the outcome of the sanctions, but emphasized the importance of continual pressure on Iran in light of "its continual, uninterrupted development of nuclear weapons"….