Kiriyenko: Russia will do its best to resolve dispute on Iran nuclear program
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Bushehr, Feb 26, IRNA
Iran-Russia-Kiriyenko
Head of Russian Atomic Energy Organization Sergei Kiriyekno said on Sunday that Russia would do its best to find a diplomatic solution to Iranian nuclear program in the context of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He told reporters after visiting Bushehr power plant in presence of his Iranian counterpart Gholamreza Aqazadeh that Russia believes that the dispute on Iranian nuclear program should be resolved in the context of UN nuclear agency.
"We should take all necessary steps to choose such a process, because, there is possibility to resolve the crisis through specialized agency," Kiriyenko said.
"Russia believes that Iran has legitimate right to use nuclear energy. Of course, Iran is also ready to provide the international community with 'objective guarantee' to ensure that Iranian nuclear program will not be diverted to produce weapons," the Russian official said.
Kiriyenko said that negotiations with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran Saturday and Sunday led to signing of an agreement which envisaged cooperation in different fields.
He said that the agreement included cooperation in the field of energy, development of North-South Corridor, Russian Gazprom's cooperation with Iran in developing Iranian gas fields, setting up of gas reservoirs, export of cars to Russia and purchase of Russian airplanes.
Asked about completion of Bushehr power plant, he said that in light of an accord on the return of the spent fuel to Russia, there is no obstacle to completion of the power plant.
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