PARIS: Iran is trying to divide the international community in order to pursue its contested nuclear activities, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy warned in comments released on Thursday. "If the international community were to become divided, Iran would continue" its uranium enrichment activities, Douste-Blazy charged in an interview to appear in the French weekly Valeurs Actuelles. "That is what some in Tehran are waiting for, in order to call into question the system of non-proliferation," he said. Douste-Blazy called for a sustained effort to engage Tehran in a dialogue over the stand-off and warned against moving towards confrontation with the Islamic republic. "While pursuing consultations on the adoption of a new resolution (at the UN Security Council), we need to maintain dialogue with Tehran," he said. "If one or two of the permanent members of the Security Council fail to uphold this dialogue, and there is a growing drive - on either side - towards confrontation, the international community would split."