FM reacts to 5+1 decision on Iran
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
United Nations, New York, Sept 29, IRNA
Iran-5+1-Reaction
Foreign Minister of Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, reacted Friday evening to the latest statement of the 5+1 Group saying all parties should support the recent agreement between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog.
Speaking to IRNA on the margins of the UN General Assembly, the minister said, "As it was expected, the group decided to make a final decision over Iran's nuclear issue after head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, provides its report on Tehran's nuclear activities in November."
The group's member states (The UN Security Council permanent members and Germany), agreed Friday evening to wait for the reports of ElBaradei and the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Iran's nuclear activities before deciding on further sanctions against Iran over its peaceful nuclear activities.
"In fact, there was no logical reason for taking any other approach given the latest agreement between Iran and the agency which was described by the IAEA chief as 'one major step forward.'" Mottaki added that some parts of the Iran-IAEA agreements had been implemented and announced by the IAEA head, "therefore, Iran's nuclear case has reached its most appropriate point now." He strssed that support for the agreements with IAEA should continue.
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