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Iran's envoy to IAEA: No agreement signed by Tehran, Moscow yet

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, March 4, IRNA
Iran-IAEA-Envoy
Iran's Representative to the UN nuclear watchdog Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said here Friday afternoon that no agreement was signed during latest meetings between Iranian and Russian officials in the two capitals.

The envoy's remarks were made following a meeting of Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani in Vienna with Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei.

Speaking to IRNA, Soltanieh said that Larijani briefed ElBaradei on Irna's latest talks with Russian officials on Tehran's nuclear programs.

"In addition to Moscow proposal to enrich Iran's uranium in its soil, the Iranian negotiating team discussed Iran's nuclear programs in general with their Russian counterparts," said the envoy.

He reiterated that the two negotiating teams headed by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh and his Russian counterpart Sergei Kiriyenkov, reached "agreement in principle." Soltanieh stressed that "No written agreement was made" during Aqazadeh-Kiriyenkov meetings.

As for Larijani's Friday morning meeting with the EU3 foreign ministers and the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Vienna, the Iranian envoy said that Larijani has informed them of the remarkable agreements made between Iranian and Russian officials on Tehran's nuclear activities.

Soltanieh added that Larijani has also put forward a number of effective" offers to the meeting which would later be studied by the European officials.

Stressing that intense talks were underway in Vienna between members of the IAEA's Board of Governors and those of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Iranian envoy said "No major development will be made on Iran's nuclear case until Monday."
Soltanieh also stressed that Tehran's negotiations in Moscow and Vienna would "effectively influence the next meeting of the IAEA's Board of Governors" slated for March 6.

According to the envoy, the NAM members of the IAEA's board have stressed that Iran's nuclear stand-off should be settled within the UN nuclear watchdog.

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