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Soltanieh: Board of Governors approves Iran's proposals for cooperation with IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Nov 23, IRNA
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Iranian Ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said here Thursday that at today's meeting the Board of Governors approved Iran's seven proposals on Iran-IAEA cooperation.

He told IRNA that the proposals, including the one on Arak research reactor, was submitted to the IAEA technical committee, adding that it was declared that for the time being no decision is taken on the later one (Arak reactor).

"The approach of various countries, including the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states, Group of 77, China and Russia as well as the strong support of the IAEA secretariat for the proposal's being within the framework of the agency's letter of association and not being against the Board of Governors' and UN Security Council's resolutions resulted in the failure of the attempts of a few states intending to disapprove of the cooperation proposal.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Board of Governors meeting before noon, he said that no decision was taken about Arak nuclear reactor, which means that the issue may be discussed at any other session.

Concerning the claim of US ambassador on Iran's isolation, Soltanieh said, "I believe that the statements issued by developing countries, the Group of 77, China, Russia, NAM and official report of the agency's secretariat in support of Arak reactor project and opposition to its removal from the agenda of the board's technical committee show that `the US has never been so isolated' as it is now."

"The world public opinion should be aware that the US and a few Western states, which are actually standing in the face of the agency's secretariat -- bound to present its impartial technical view -- and all world states, are isolated themselves.

"This proved that the Board of Governors and UNSC resolutions which have actually referred to Arak reactor project have no legal foundation and that their contents are unacceptable," added the ambassador.

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