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Russia stresses diplomatic ways to settle Iran`s nuclear issue

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Moscow, Feb 18, IRNA -- Russia`s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov here 
Friday stressed the importance of adopting peaceful strategies to 
settle Iran`s nuclear issue and avoiding non-diplomatic ways. 
In a meeting with visiting Iranian Secretary of Supreme National 
Security Council Hassan Rowhani, Ivanov expressed his country`s 
readiness to boost all-out cooperation with Iran. 
He assessed Russia`s stance on Iran and particularly the 
country`s peaceful nuclear issue as unchangeable. 
Rowhani, for his part, said Iran and Russia enjoy common stance 
on establishing stability and security in the region and confronting 
presence of foreign forces and added expansion of NATO to East would 
result in instability in the region which runs counter with national 
interests of regional states. 
The SNSC secretary reiterated his country`s determination to 
use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes based on international 
regulations and termed as unacceptable any discriminatory attitude 
and pressure against Iran to make the country withdraw its inalienable
right. 
He stated that continuation of US forces` presence in Iraq would 
bring instability for that country and the region and expressed hope 
the Iraqi nation would determine their fate through withdrawal of the 
forces. 
During the meeting, the sides explored avenues for bolstering 
bilateral cooperation in all fields regarding an upcoming visit by 
Russian President Vladimir Putin to Iran. 
Ivanov and Rowhani also discussed Iran`s decisive role in 
anti-drug campaign, the two countries` common stance on Iraq and 
Afghanistan and the urgency of non-presence of foreign forces in the 
region. 
The Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani 
arrived in Russia`s capital city of Moscow on Wednesday on a two-day 
official visit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart -- 
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov. 
He held meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his 
Russian counterpart, and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on issues of 
mutual interests and Iran`s nuclear program in particular. 
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