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French PM excludes military action against Iran French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin ruled out military action against Iran to halt its disputed nuclear program during a visit to London on Wednesday. "We hope to be able to broach a Security Council resolution quickly," de Villepin said before joining his British counterpart Tony Blair for dinner. "We are working with two kinds of measures, (including) a firm measure, even if we exclude military action," he said. If Iran respects its international obligations, he added, "certainly we will be able to offer incentives, such as civilian nuclear assistance." Blair said that the question of Iran's program to enrich uranium -- which Western powers fear could be used for weapons production despite Iranian insistence that it is peaceful -- would be raised during their dinner. The British prime minister is also reluctant to see military intervention to resolve the problem. The United States said meanwhile it would wait "a couple of weeks" before pressing tough UN action against Iran while European negotiators draft new incentives for Tehran to renounce its controversial nuclear activities. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the announcement after two days of intensive consultations between the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany that ended with no consensus on stern UN measures. Diplomats said negotiators from the Council's five permanent members plus Germany would meet in London on May 19 to consider new incentives as well as sanctions if Iran does not halt suspected efforts to build a nuclear bomb. ---------------------------------------------------
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