IAEA experts begin talks with Iranian lawyers
Tehran, Aug 4, IRNA -- Iranian lawyers have begun talks with a legal
team from the international atomic energy watchdog on 'ambiguities'
about an additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
a senior official said here on Monday.
The spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Saber
Zaeemian, however said nothing is certain as yet about the results of
the legal team's talks with the three-member delegation from the
International Atomic Energy Agency, who arrived earlier in the day.
The official also said he was unaware about the contents of the
talks.
The team is in Tehran to discuss technical details of the
Additional Protocol to NPT, including existing 'ambiguities' which
Iran says must be removed before the country decides on signing it.
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said last week Iran would decide
on joining the protocol after hearing explanations given by the IAEA
team about Tehran's concerns.
Zaeemian said another team of IAEA inspectors will travel to Iran
soon to take up talks between the two sides from where they were left
off.
"The inspectors will take steps on how to continue cooperation
(with Iran) and complete an IAEA report for presentation to a
September meeting of Board of Governors (in Geneva)," he added.
Thirty-five members of the board are due to make a decision on
Iran's nuclear energy activities after hearing IAEA chief Mohamed
ElBaradei's report.
The board called on the Islamic Republic in its June 9 meeting to
sign the Additional Protocol to NPT which could allow UN inspectors to
visit Iran's nuclear facilities without prior notice.
Iranian officials have said they look positively at the protocol,
but have conditioned the signing to the lifting of sanctions by
nuclear powers helping Tehran acquire the know-how for peaceful use of
nuclear energy.
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