Russia is likely to host another round of talks on Iran
MIL/Agencies, Apr 16, 2006.
Russia is likely to host another round of talks next week with the United States, the European Union and China on Iran's nuclear program, As per Russian Foreign Ministry statement given on Friday. The talks shall be held in Moscow on Tuesday, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Krivtsov.
A senior Russian nuclear official said on Thursday that the centrifuges available to Iran are not sufficient to launch industrial uranium enrichment.
"Uranium enrichment in Iran is not arousing concerns in Russia. There is nothing unexpected in this. The availability of 164 centrifuges in Iran is a fact that has been known for a long time," Russian Atomic Energy Agency chief Sergei Kiriyenko said.
China said on Thursday that Cui Tiankai, assistant Foreign Minister, would visit Iran and Russia from Friday to Tuesday.
US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns will also be in Moscow on Monday for a meeting of political directors of the Group of Eight, the US Embassy said.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visited Teheran on Thursday and pushed Iranian officials to suspend uranium enrichment until questions over Teheran's nuclear programme have been resolved.
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