IAEA should contribute to Iran-Sextet trust: Zarif
Iran Press TV
Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:41AM GMT
Iran has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to contribute to the establishment of trust between Tehran and world powers to help resolve the West's nuclear standoff with Iran.
In a meeting with IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano in Vienna on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Iran seeks to resolve the dispute over its nuclear energy program through negotiations with five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as well as with the IAEA.
"The International Atomic Energy Agency should act in a way that an ambience of trust is formed so that under its aegis cooperation between two sides would be facilitated," he added.
Amano, for his part, expressed satisfaction with Iran's implementation of the six initial practical measures stipulated in last November's agreement between Tehran and the agency as well as this month's agreement on further cooperation.
Under the last November agreement between Tehran and the IAEA, six issues were scheduled to be discussed in the first phase of bilateral cooperation. Two of the issues concerned visits to the Arak heavy water plant and the Gachin uranium mine, which were carried out by the IAEA inspectors on December 8, 2013, and January 29 respectively. Iran has also presented required information on the four remaining issues to the IAEA.
On February 9, Iran and the IAEA released a joint statement following two days of intense negotiations in Tehran, during which the two sides reached an agreement on seven practical measures to be implemented by Tehran as voluntary measures by 15 May 2014.
Based on the new agreement, Tehran has agreed to provide mutually agreed relevant information and managed access to the Saghand uranium mine in Yazd and the Ardakan concentration plant and arrange for a technical visit to Lashkar Abad Laser Centre.
Iran will further submit an updated Design Information Questionnaire (DIQ) for the IR-40 Arak heavy water reactor and take steps to agree with the IAEA on the conclusion of a Safeguards Approach for the IR-40 Reactor.
Iran and the six major world powers - China, Russia, Britain, France and the United States - plus Germany are set to start the second day of their fresh talks as part of efforts to reach a permanent agreement on Tehran's nuclear energy program.
The two sides held two sessions of talks at the United Nations office in the Austrian capital, Vienna on Tuesday.
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