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Source: http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/13-09-2006/84405-putin-0
Putin Deplores Iranian Calls for Destruction of Israel
[Pravda-Russia] Russia's President Vladimir Putin warned against hastily imposing sanctions on Iran, but in a rare note of criticism he has also deplored Iranian calls for the destruction of Israel, according to remarks released by the Kremlin on Tuesday. Putin said in remarks posted on the Kremlin Web site: "Neither Brazil, nor South Africa, are setting the goal to destroy another state and are writing about it in their constitutions," in an apparent reference to Iranian leaders' repeated threats to destroy Israel. "Regrettably, the Iranian leaders are talking publicly about it, and that doesn't help international security or the foreign policy of the Iranian state itself."