(Secretary Rice and Secretary Milliband in Silicon Valley)
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband continued his US tour last week by conducting an interview with Public Radio International's “The World” program. You can listen to the interview here.
On the controversial issue about whether Iran–and every country on earth–has the right to develop nuclear power for civilian purposes, Milliband tells The World's Anchor Marco Werman that:
“I certainly believe that Iran has a right to nuclear power if it exercises its responsibilities… Until a country either breaches international negotiations or does things which undermines the confidence in the civilian nature of a nuclear program, then its reasonable for international cooperation to go ahead.”
On the US-UK relations, Milliband underscored that “We are bound together by our hisory,” but also by our values that “we try to project around the world.” None of the big problems can be solved without the US. “We do need strong American leadership.”
Having studied in the US, Werman asked Milliband about his view of the nation. Milliband responded: “America is the least cynical country in the world… This is a country that permanently renews itself… this is an ethic the rest of the world can learn from.”