«There is still time to remind all of the need to favor loyal dialogue and the importance of the mechanisms of the United Nations whose objective is to solve conflicts and differences among nations,» he said in an interview published today in the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro.
The French archbishop did not exclude the possibility that the Holy See will send mediators to Iraq to help stave off war, although he made it clear that in this connection «there is no plan under way.»
Regarding North Korea, which has rejected the agreements on nuclear nonproliferation, Archbishop Tauran expressed his deep concern. «The threat of the use of atomic arms poses a unique challenge,» he said.
«A constant dialogue must be maintained at all costs with Pyongyang, avoiding the isolation of North Korea, but at the same time committing the partners to apply the disarmament treaties,» the archbishop said.
