Russia's nuclear offer to Iran still holds: Russian official
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Moscow, March 13, IRNA
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Moscow's proposal to Iran for joint uranium enrichment still holds, Russia's nuclear top official Sergei Kiriyenko said Monday.
The proposal is still on the table and it seeks to get Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to come to a deal, the head of the Rosatom Federal Agency for Atomic Energy said in today's inaugural ceremony of an international conference here on energy security.
"Iran has full authority to decide on the nuclear proposal of Russia."
Some 400 representatives from Russia and other countries are taking part in the two-day international conference on energy security which began in Moscow today.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in the conference, said that all countries are entitled to develop peaceful nuclear energy to meet their demands with due respect to their rights and obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Russia has placed "energy security" at the top of its list of priorities for discussion by the Group of Eight (G8), which is scheduled to hold its annual summit in Saint Petersburg in July, Lavrov added.
Russia currently holds the presidency of the G8.
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