UN to halt resolution debate if Iran freezes enrichment - Lavrov
07/06/2006 13:52
MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the Iran 6 had proposed suspending discussions of a draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran if Tehran re-imposed a moratorium on uranium enrichment.
"Enrichment work and discussions at the UN Security Council on any resolution on this issue that might be proposed will be suspended," Sergei Lavrov said.
He also said Tehran had reacted positively to the package of incentives put forward by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, which are leading efforts to resolve the crisis around Iran's nuclear program
"The proposals include serious interaction to develop Iran's civilian nuclear energy and non-nuclear technologies and to involve Iran in the dialogue to resolve regional security problems if there are no suspicions about the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program," he said.
Lavrov said the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons also included cooperation with UN's nuclear watchdog. He said inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency were at Iran's nuclear facilities and monitoring the situation.
He added that no attempts to drive them out had been made.
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, Tuesday handed over to Iran a package of incentives drafted by the Iran-6 negotiators aimed at persuading the Islamic Republic to halt its controversial uranium-enrichment program.
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's National Security Council, said Tuesday "The proposals contain a number of positive aspects, but some issues need clarification."
"We need to study the propositions carefully, and after that we will resume negotiations to achieve a reasonable result," he said.
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