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Concerns about Iran`s nuclear program to be cleared

IRNA

Moscow, Nov 10, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Russian Foreign Minister Igor 
Ivanov said Iran`s decision to send on Monday a letter to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its readiness to join 
the treaty on additional guarantees for nuclear non-proliferation was 
an important decision. 
After the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and 
secretary of Iran`s Supreme Council for National Security Hassan 
Rowhani in the Kremlin, Ivanov said Iran`s decision `must clear all 
the concerns regarding Iran`s nuclear program`. 
The minister said, "Russia had been `consistently pressing for 
meeting this term. We were constantly engaged in a dialogue` and we 
are satisfied with the fact that Iran announced its decision in 
Moscow." 
Ivanov said, "The fulfillment of all the terms and obligations 
opened extra opportunities for Iran`s cooperation not only with Russia
but also with other countries, also in the nuclear area." 
Ivanov said Iran now considers signing an agreement with Russia on
the return of spent nuclear fuel to Russia. 
"The signing of this agreement is the condition for the supply of 
nuclear fuel to the Iranian power station in Bushehr," the minister 
said. 
He said that at the meeting in the Kremlin the Iranian side 
confirmed the readiness to sign such an agreement. 
Russia `confirmed the readiness to develop broad cooperation with 
Iran in every area`, the minister said. 
Among the areas of cooperation Ivanov mentioned trade and economy,
contemporary technologies, including cooperation in the aerospace 
area. 
Iran stated at the meeting its readiness to cooperate in the 
settlement on the Caspian status, he said. 
During their meeting, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rowhani discussed 
cooperation of the two countries in fighting terrorism. 
"The Iranian secretary said today that Iran is ready actively to 
cooperate with Russia," Ivanov said. He said Russia and Iran had 
coordinated their efforts in fighting terrorism earlier and would 
continue to coordinate their activity for the political settlement of 
the situation in the region on the basis of the United Nations 
decisions. 
Russia and Iran have `fundamentally close or coinciding` 
approaches to the situation regarding Iraq, the Russian foreign 
minister said. 
He said that in order to settle the situation in Iraq it is 
necessary to restore its sovereignty, elect representatives of the 
Iraqi people to government bodies, create conditions of security, and 
ensure the United Nations active role in the settlement process and 
economic restoration. 
Ivanov believes this set of problems needs to be settled to 
`arrest the spiralling of violence`. 
/AH/210 
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