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Russia's offer to enrich Iran's uranium still on the cards - FM
16:08 | 09/ 11/ 2006
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MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - An offer to enrich Iran's uranium in
Russia could be back on the agenda after full-scale talks on the
country's nuclear program are resumed, Russia's foreign minister said
Thursday, the day before the top Iranian nuclear negotiator's visit to
Moscow.
Sergei Lavrov said, "When talks get underway, options promoting the
non-proliferation regime will be considered. And in this context, I
think our proposal to enrich uranium on Russian soil for Iran's civilian
nuclear program will be well in demand."
On Tuesday, a Russian nuclear industry official had said Russia's
proposal to set up a joint uranium enrichment venture with Iran is
unlikely to ever materialize, citing lack of interest on the part of the
Iranian leadership.
Moscow had come out with the offer earlier this year to allay Western
governments' fears Tehran may be pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program.
The foreign minister also confirmed that Ali Larijani will be visiting
Moscow on Friday.
"The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Larijani, will
arrive in Moscow tomorrow for talks at Russia's Security Council and
Foreign Ministry," Lavrov said, after a meeting with his counterpart
from Bahrain.
Lavrov also said Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's Moscow
visit had been postponed at Tehran's request.
Following Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment, European powers
have proposed a draft UN Security Council resolution on sanctions
against the country, which the United States wants toughened, but which
Russia and China want reduced.
Specifically, Moscow rejected clauses introducing broad sanctions on
Iran's nuclear and missile programs and restricting the supply of fuel
to the Bushehr nuclear plant, which Russia is building in southern Iran.
The foreign minister said Moscow's stance on Iran remains unchanged,
with its principal 'defining criterion' being 'to perpetuate the
non-proliferation regime.'
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