Russia, China wouldn't rule out new Iran sanctions: EU

NEW YORK (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday he did not expect Russia and China to break ranks with Western powers on whether to impose new sanctions on Iran if it continues to refuse to halt its nuclear enrichment program.

"I don't think that the Russians and Chinese will say ... never again," Solana told reporters when asked about the possibility of a fourth round of U.N. sanctions against Tehran for failing to freeze its uranium enrichment program.

"There's not going to be a breaking of the group," he said.

Solana added he did not expect a meeting of six powers on Iran on Wednesday to produce any substantive decision.

He said he and foreign ministers from the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany would discuss the group's forthcoming meeting with Iran in Geneva on October 1.

The West suspects the Islamic Republic is developing the capability to produce nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian atomic energy program. Tehran insists its nuclear ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity.

(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by )