SERGEY IVANOV: IRAN IS AUTHORIZED TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY, BUT URANIUM ENRICHMENT IS ANOTHER QUESTION
Arminfo
2007-04-11 15:38:00
The problem of the Iranian nuclear dossier should be resolved in
the political-diplomatic way, since the threat of war is the way to
catastrophe, the first vice Prime Minister, Sergey Ivanov, said today
during his visit to the secondary school N21 of Russia’s Defense
Ministry in Yerevan, the ITAR-TASS reports.
"The problem of the Iranian nuclear dossier actually exists and it
should be solved in a political- diplomatic way, since the threat
of war is a way to nowhere or to catastrophe", S. Ivanov said. He
added that "Iran is authorized to develop the peaceful nuclear energy,
while the uranium enrichment is another question". In his opinion, the
uranium enrichment process should pass under IAEA’s strict control. He
recalled that Russia offered Iran to supply its nuclear fuel to RI
with subsequent return of the spent fuel to Russia. "I consider such
approach reasonable and balanced", S.Ivanov said.