UN delegates meet to discuss Iran sanctions, but no decision is made

A six-power meeting to discuss future action over Iran's nuclear program focused mainly on possible further UN sanctions but ended without a decision, Russian delegate Sergei Ryabkov.The meeting was inconclusive in the sense that no decisions were made right away, Ryabkov told reporters after the meeting between diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. The meeting came after Iran ignored an end of the 2009 deadline set by US President Barack Obama for it to respond to an offer from the six powers of economic and political incentives in exchange for halting its nuclear enrichment program. All the powers except China sent foreign ministry political directors, top-level diplomats, to Saturday's meeting. But Beijing, which is the least enthusiastic about more sanctions on Iran, sent only a mid-ranking diplomat from its UN mission.