Local French people in Gatineau (the Site of the G-8 meeting) have been struggling for independence following years of abuse in the hands of the English -Speaking Populace.

 

March 31, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - On the sideline of the G-8 meeting in the drab French-speaking town of Gatineau in Canada, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama once again called for tougher sanctions on Iran.

 

The two Presidents tried to present a united stance in front of reporters when they pressed for greater sanctions against Tehran. US President Barack Obama said he hoped sanctions would be implemented this coming spring. ‘I'm interested in seeing that regime in place in weeks,’ Reuters reported Obama as saying.

 

In the town Gatineau, where local French people have been struggling for independence following years of abuse in the hands of the English-speaking groups that hold the power in Ottawa, Nicholas Sarkozy said he was supportive of the US President to push for sanctions.

 

The G-8 held their meeting after months of deliberations over the Iranian nuclear issue. In their final communiqué the G-8 called for more negotiations with Tehran.

 

China and Russia have been against imposing sanctions on Iran for reasons beyond economic ties with Tehran. ‘At present, we hope that all sides will make substantive efforts and demonstrate flexibility over the Iran nuclear issue,’ China’s foreign ministry spokesman said in Beijing yesterday. 

 

Beijing is facing an all out trade-war with Washington over the currency issue. Washington is blaming China for loss of American manufacturing jobs because of low value of the Chinese currency the yuan.  It is pressing China to increase the value of yuan by 40 percent, ideally.

 

Also in Europe, leading European countries may find it difficult to seriously consider imposing an embargo on Iran due to ensuing economic uncertainty over oil and gas supplies.

 

Meanwhile Iran is making headways in its domestic nuclear program where the technicians at Natanz enrichment facilities achieved greater progress enriching uranium at up to 20 percent purity level. Once completed the nuclear fuel will be places at the core of Tehran’s medical reactor, which supplies radioisotopes for hospitals and MRI centers across the country.