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IAEA capable of making independent decision on Iran nuc program

IRNA

Moscow, Nov 25, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Russia believes that the 
International Atomic Energy Agency`s (IAEA) Board of Governors is 
capable of making an independent decision on Iran`s nuclear program, 
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak told Tass on Tuesday. 
"Consultations on the draft new resolution are underway in Vienna 
and we hope for a sober, weighed-out and independent decision," the 
high-ranking diplomat said. 
"We see no need in taking that matter to the UN Security Council 
because it may be solved by the IAEA Board of Governors," Kislyak 
said. 
According to the Russian deputy foreign minister, "Routine work 
over the resolution is going on and it is natural that we have 
different approaches to the problem. 
"We believe that our Iranian counterparts have made a number of 
correct decisions to secure transparency of their nuclear program," 
Kislyak noted. 
"Tehran has informed about its activity, offered to sign a 
protocol on the IAEA warranties and frozen its research works in the 
sphere of uranium enrichment," he indicated. 
Such measures strictly fall in line with previous resolutions by 
the IAEA Board of Governors, Kislyak said. 
The deputy foreign minister said Russia stood for `securing 
maximum cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, as well as for removing
all questions`. 
It is very important to get a calm and weighed-out resolution, he 
contended. 
/AH/210 
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