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Salehi: Iran and IAEA delegation reach understanding on coop

IRNA

Tehran, Oct 4, IRNA -- Iran`s representative to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Akbar Salehi here on Saturday said an 
understanding had been reached between Iran and the visiting 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delegation on the mutual 
cooperation trend. 
Assessing the talks as positive, Salehi told IRNA that at the 
meeting, further discussions for continuation of Iran`s cooperation 
with IAEA was scheduled and both sides were satisfied with the trend 
of cooperation. 
He hoped that once the process of joint cooperation gains 
momentum, the issues on the agenda will be settled as soon as 
possible. 
Salehi reiterated that the commissioned six-member IAEA delegation
which arrived in Tehran on Thursday consists of members in charge of 
legal affairs and that there are no technical inspectors among them. 
Earlier it was stated that the IAEA delegation expected to arrive 
in Iran consisted of technical experts. 
The official didn`t provide any further details on the 
understanding reached between the two sides. 
The visiting delegation consists of several senior IAEA officials 
including deputy to IAEA director general for department of 
safeguards, Pierre Goldschmidt. 
This is the first IAEA delegation to visit Iran since the 
September 12 resolution was issued. 
According to the resolution issued by the IAEA Board of Governors 
a deadline has been set by the end of October for Iran to get prepared
for further inspection of its nuclear facilities and signing of the 
additional protocol to the nuclear Nun-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 
In response to the resolution issued by the Board of Governors and
the pressures exerted by the US to dispatch Iran`s nuclear file to the
UN Security Council, Iranian officials called on IAEA authorities to 
stop politicizing the specialized technical issue. 
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said at the weekend 
that Iran`s nuclear program should not be handed over to the UN 
Security Council, in which case things will get more complicated. 
Kharrazi said that Iran will sign the document provided it is 
guaranteed that the trend of Iran`s nuclear program and enrichment of 
uranium meant to provide the fuel of Bushehr nuclear power plant won`t
halt. 
MP/AH/210 
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