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Russia says UN resolution sends 'clear signals' to Iran: Interfax |
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Sunday, 03 February 2008 |
MOSCOW (AFP) — A proposed UN resolution contains "clear signals" to Iran that it must return to full compliance with the UN's nuclear watchdog, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said in an interview published Sunday.
"When this document is published you will see that it contains clear signals to Iran and anticipates a certain widening of the sanctions regime imposed by the Security Council earlier," Kislyak told the Interfax news agency.
"What is needed is complete cooperation by Iran with the governing
council of the IAEA," Kislyak said, referring to the International
Atomic Energy Agency.
The UN Security Council has been circulating a draft resolution
tightening sanctions against the Islamic republic for its refusal to
halt uranium enrichment.
The West fears Iran is hiding a nuclear weapons programme behind its
stated aim of developing civilian nuclear energy, something Tehran
denies.
Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council,
has close ties to Tehran and is completing work on Iran's first nuclear
power station at Bushehr.
Moscow said on January 28 it had finished delivering fuel for the power plant.
The proposed new measures against Iran include an outright travel ban
on officials involved in Tehran's nuclear and missile programmes and
inspections of shipments to and from Iran if there are suspicions of
prohibited goods.
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