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Russia says IAEA resolution will not affect Tehran, Moscow nuclear cooperation

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Moscow, Sept 21, IRNA -- Head of Russia Atomic Energy Agency Alexander
Rumyantsev said Tuesday that the recent International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) resolution on Iran nuclear program will not affect 
Tehran Moscow Nuclear cooperation in building the Bushehr nuclear 
powerplant. 
Ria Novesti News Agency quoted Rumyantsev, who is Vienna to 
attend the IAEA meeting, as saying that the Bushehr nuclear powerplant
is the only joint nuclear project between the two countries. 
He further reiterated that the project is based on strict 
international laws and IAEA regulations. 
He also said that the reason for delay of signing the agreement on
return of Bushehr`s spent fuel is due to incompletion of the 
commrecially-related issues. 
Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Fedotov here in 
September reiterated the need to settle the case on Iran`s nuclear 
activities peacefully. 
He told IRNA that the US allegations and military threats against 
Iran are unacceptable. 
"Russia`s policy towards Iran stipulated that the country`s 
nuclear issue should only be solved in Vienna and within the framework
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," he added. 
Turning to the ongoing talks on Iran`s nuclear program by the 
IAEA Board of Governors, he said: "Russia favors settlement of the 
issue in such a way as will lead neither to a crisis nor to any 
disruption of ties in the region." 
Fedotov pointed to the prospect of sending Iran`s nuclear dossier 
to the UN Security Council as "irrational." 
He said that the agency should use its powers to the fullest to 
settle the problem. 
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