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Kuwait FM praises on Iran over nuclear file

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Beirut, Oct 19, IRNA -- Arabic Daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat said here in 
its Monday edition that Iran has taken a prudent and cerebral approach
in its contacts with the International Atomic Energy Agency 
The daily quoting the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad 
Sabah al-Sabah added that IAEA Director General Mohammad ElBaradei 
report on Iran`s nuclear program which is slated to be released on 
November 25 will be positive and in the remaining period all 
ambiguities over the issue will be removed. 
Kuwait as UN Security Council non-permanent member is confident in
President Mohammad Khatami and other Iranian high-ranking officials` 
fortitude and wisdom, the Kuwaiti high diplomat said. 
He added the Middle East region in the past quarter of century, 
because of a wayward and disturbed dictator like Saddam Hossein and 
his wars against Iran, occupation of Kuwait and his cruel reign over 
the Iraqi people, has not seen tranquility. 
Saddam`s militaristic and aggressive policies hindered the 
development of the Middle East and his overthrow presented an 
opportunity for regional states to forge closer ties, the daily quoted
al-Sabah as saying. 
In the latest news on Iran`s nuclear issue, Government spokesman 
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh said on Monday that he believes that Iranian 
case will not be referred to the UN Security Council adding that Iran 
is well-prepared beforehand for any scenario in this respect. 
He said that the IAEA is fully aware of the Iranian nuclear 
program and the specialized agency has taken for granted that its 
safeguards are observed in Iranian nuclear sites. 
Iran signed additional protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 
which grants unlimited access to the IAEA inspectors to ensure that 
the agency`s safeguards are being observed in Iranian nuclear sites. 
Iran has stood strongly against the western double standard 
policy which ignores the Iranian nation`s rights as stipulated in the 
NPT to generate electricity from nuclear energy. 
Western countries which have forged monopoly on nuclear technology
in the past four decades see Iran as a market for exporting fuel while
Iran says that it is not economical for it to import fuel. 
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