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Russia interested in cooperation with Iran under IAEA control

IRNA

Bangkok, Oct 21, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Russia is interested in 
cooperation with Iran in the peaceful atom area and does not give it 
up, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told reporters on Monday. 
"We are interested in cooperation with Iran on peaceful atomic 
programs, of course under the IAEA control," the minister said. 
Iran has the right to develop peaceful atom programs, he stressed.
The minister reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin met in
Kuala Lumpur the other day with Iranian President Khatami and 
discussed the issue. 
Russia`s stand is well known. Russia maintains the closest contact
with International Atomic Energy Agency leaders and will promote 
implementation of the IAEA resolution on Iran, the diplomat said. 
The document calls for Iran providing information about its 
nuclear programs, signing an additional protocol on guarantees and 
freezing the uranium enriching process, Ivanov reminded. 
Implementation of the resolution would allow easing the tension, 
he believed. 
The French, German and British foreign minister on Tuesday leave 
for Tehran to discuss the Iran nuclear problem, Ivanov said. 
The minister expressed the hope that joint efforts would prevent 
the situation from being aggravated, but brought to the way of a 
political dialogue and search for such decisions that will relieve the
world community`s anxieties. 
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