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Lula da Silva asks Unasur and Mexico support for his Iran uranium agreement

Lula da Silva has been sending letters to world leaders

Through a letter, Brazilian President Lula da Silvia asked the South American Nations Union (Unasur) and Mexico to support the uranium enrichment tripartite agreement reached between his country, Iran, and Turkey.

In the last two days, Lula da Silva had already asked the same of the US, Russia, and France.

According to official Brazilian sources, Lula da Silva's letter is the same one he sent to US President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday with the intention of avoiding sanctions against Iran that might be approved by the UN Security Council.

“All of these initiatives seek to clarify the Brazilian opinion on the importance and the implications of the Tehran Declaration. Brazil intends to continue down this road of action,” explained the president's spokesman, Marcelo Baumbach.

The spokesman wanted to clarify that Lula da Silva is to continue his efforts to try to avoid sanctions by the UN Security Council.

Mexico is to take the rotating presidential chair of the Security Council in June.

The agreement consists of Iran sending 1,200 kilos of enriched uranium to 3.5% to Turkey and will receive, in turn, the product enriched to 20%, to be used for medical purposes, in a process supervised by authorities of the three countries and the International Atomic Energy Organism.

However, the agreement caused distrust among the Western powers who could approve new sanctions against Iran.