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Diplomat highlights merits of EU 3rd draft resolution on Iran

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Nov 27, IRNA -- A senior diplomat says the European draft 
resolution bears a number of positive points, including the 
acknowledgment of Iran`s voluntary suspension of its nuclear program, 
absence of legal commitments for suspending uranium enrichment 
and the confidence building nature of the move. 
The diplomat stressed the need for members of the nuclear Non- 
Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to use nuclear technology for peaceful 
purposes, emphasizing that Iran`s nuclear program had not been 
diversionary. 
The diplomat said the call to remove Iran`s nuclear program from 
the IAEA Board`s agenda and the country`s commitment to the IAEA`s 
protocols and Safeguards Agreement were among other positive points of
the resolution. 
He referred to two negative points in the draft resolution, 
including its reference to the country`s past `breach(es)` and the 
`essential` need for sustained confidence-building on Iran`s part. 
The diplomat says the Iranian delegation is in consultation with 
Europeans for dropping the wordings from the text of the third draft 
resolution put forward by the Europeans. 
The diplomat believes that the two negative points are in fact the
`chocolate` Europe wants to give to the US. 
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