Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave Wednesday on a trip to Germany, France and Britain for talks on Iran's nuclear program, a State Department official said Monday.
Rice will meet with officials of the EU-3 at a time when talks within the Security Council on a presidential statement calling Iran to account for its suspected nuclear weapons activities have been stalled by the Russians.
On Sunday, Rice spoke at length about Russia's role in the Security Council negotiations over langauge in the the statement, repeating twice that "we [the international community] do need to speak and speak with one voice."
Rice is obviously feeling that the pressure is building on the nuclear program and that action must be taken quickly. Sitting with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's Late Edition, Rice said "we shouldn't delay. We do need a presidential statement that makes clear to the Iranians what is clear to everyone."
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