Mottaki: Turkey could be a venue for Tehran to exchange nuclear
material with the West
26.12.2009 13:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran’s foreign minister says Turkey could be a venue
for Tehran to exchange nuclear material with the West. The statement
is another of several offers Tehran has recently made without formally
responding to a U.N.-drafted proposal that would reduce Iran’s
stockpile of enriched uranium and ease Western concerns over Tehran’s
nuclear intentions.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told state TV late Thursday that
Iran "does not have a problem with Turkish soil" as the location for
an exchange of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Iran has earlier said it would only accept the exchange on its own
territory. The U.N. plan requires Tehran to ship enriched uranium
abroad in return for nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor, AP
reported.