NAM urges normalization of Iran's nuclear case
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, Nov 23, IRNA
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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has called for urgent normalization of Iran's nuclear case, a senior NAM diplomat said here Wednesday.
The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, made the remark after the NAM working session at the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The call has also been included in the NAM statement which will be read during the IAEA Board of Governors' meeting on Thursday, he said.
Based on pertinent documents of a report of IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei released last week, Iran has had good and broad cooperation with the agency to remove ambiguities in its nuclear activities, he said, adding that the Board of Governors would have no reason not to immediately normalize the case.
He said the NAM statement also made it clear that Iran's nuclear case should not be on the board's agenda.
The NAM member states, in their statement, upheld Iran's cooperation with the IAEA, he added.
The statement praised Iran's move of allowing IAEA inspectors to visit its military sites.
The 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors will open discussions on Iran's nuclear case in Vienna on Thursday.
A spokesman of the agency told IRNA here Wednesday that based on the IAEA work schedule the board's seasonal meeting will kick off its work with a speech by ElBaradei.
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