Board-Ansicht
Mix-Ansicht- Russia's Security Council Secretary pays visit to Iran - CRASH_GURU, 14.11.2005, 18:35
Russia's Security Council Secretary pays visit to Iran
-->Russia's Security Council Secretary pays visit to Iran
13/ 11/ 2005 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051113/42074806.html
TEHERAN, November 13 (RIA
Novosti) - The new government
of Iran is interested in developing
cooperation and building good
neighborly and mutually
advantageous relations with
Russia, the Secretary of the
Russian Security Council said
Saturday. Igor Ivanov is currently
visiting Iran on the invitation by
Secretary of the Iranian Supreme
National Security Council Ali
Larijani to discuss a wide range
of bilateral and topical
international issues. “Both
countries maintain an active
political dialog. Particularly, the
Page 5 of 5 ©Michael Bolser, LLC
speaker of the Iranian parliament is expected to come to Russia until the end of this year” Ivanov said.
He added that his talks in Iran were the first large-scale consultations with the new Iranian leadership.
Ivanov said Russia could help Iran resume talks with the European troika (Great Britain, France and Germany) to settle the issue of the Iranian nuclear program. He added that there were still possibilities
to involve the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, in this process. “This dialog could be continued to resolve all unsettled issues on Iran’s previous programs and continue
cooperation in the implementation of peaceful nuclear programs,” Ivanov said.
The Secretary of the Russian Security Council said that Russia and Iran were also interested in more active efforts to settle the political situation in Iraq, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Ivanov also spoke about cooperation between Russia and Iran within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that comprises Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. He said Russia supported Iran’s request to participate in the SCO work as an observer.
Ivanov said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant (NPP), which Russian companies are building in Iran, was more than 80% complete. During the talks, the Iranian side expressed the desire that the construction of the Bushehr NPP should be completed in the coming months, Ivanov said.
Speaking about trade and economic relations, Ivanov said that bilateral trade totaled more than $2 billion. “Our trade and economic relations are steadily developing. There are some projects whose
implementation will boost our cooperation in this sphere,” Ivanov said. END
Thread gesperrtgesamter Thread:
