Iran-Russia talks fail to produce agreement: Elham
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, March 6, IRNA
Iran-Russia-Nuclear
Iran-Russia talks on Moscow's proposal for joint uranium enrichment in Russian soil has failed to produce an agreement, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said here Monday.
Elham made the disclosure as he addressed domestic and foreign reporters at his weekly press conference on Monday in which he was asked to comment on Sunday's remarks by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani that Tehran and Moscow had reached agreement on certain articles of the proposal.
"Larijani's remarks did not imply that an agreement has been signed with Russia and an undertaking has been secured," he said.
He said Iran would continue its nuclear talks with Russia and that "Tehran welcomes any proposal that will preserve Iran's right to pursue peaceful nuclear energy and any strategy that would allay the concerns of certain Western states.
"This guarantee shows our goodwill and transparent activities." Elham pointed to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proposal on participation of international companies in the country's uranium enrichment activities, and said Iran had adopted the "best confidence-building measures to prove its transparency."
Iranian policy mandates continued research in the nuclear field within the safeguards regime of the International Atomic Energy Agency and under its supervision, he reiterated.
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