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Japan hails Iran-EU nuclear agreement

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tokyo, Nov 16, IRNA -- Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa 
Takashima here Tuesday welcomed Iran`s agreement with the European 
Union`s trio -- France, Germany and Britain -- on suspension of 
uranium enrichment as a "good" development. 
Talking to IRNA, Takashima said Japan had been using its 
influence on Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment within the 
framework of resolutions passed by the International Atomic Energy 
Agency`s Board of Governors. 
The spokesman said Japan will declare its official stance on 
Iran`s nuclear activities after the IAEA Board of Governors`s 
scheduled meeting on November 25 and submission of IAEA chief Mohamed 
ElBaradei`s report. 
He said his country has not changed its original stand on the 
nuclear issue, that is, that Iran should strictly adhere to 
resolutions of the IAEA Board of Governors. 
Iran on Monday submitted a letter to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA) confirming its agreement with the European Union 
(EU) to freeze its nuclear program. 
Iran`s representative to the IAEA, Pirouz Hosseini, said in 
Vienna Sunday night that the Islamic Republic in the letter confirmed 
that it was suspending uranium enrichment from November 22 as a 
confidence-building measure. 
The Iran-EU nuclear deal was the climax of several rounds of 
difficult talks held by the two sides in Vienna, Paris and Tehran. 
Iran had previously insisted on its right to uranium enrichment 
under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which guarantees 
such a right. 
In a deal concluded Sunday night with the EU, Tehran voluntarily 
agreed to uranium enrichment suspension for a limited duration as 
a confidence-building measure. 
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