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IAEA board set to discuss Iran N-case
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:51:30 GMT
The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) begins a meeting in Vienna on Thursday to discuss latest developments on Iran's nuclear program.

At a joint news conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna both IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei and Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called for Iran to accept fuel exchange deal brokered by IAEA without any modification.

"What we are asking Iran is to take a minimum risk for peace and to have an agreement not based on distrust but based on trust," ElBaradei told reporters.

"As you know, or perhaps have heard, we have prepared a resolution once again which will be tabled by Germany," Westerwelle told journalists.
"We and our partners are currently in consultations on the wording and we're hoping for broad support at the board of governors meeting which begins Thursday," he said.
This is while ElBaradei warned against any new resolution, suggesting that it could devastate all developments gained in this regards.

Russia and China have also resisted Western calls for tougher action against Iran.

Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh also said on Thursday that Iran will reduce co-operation with the IAEA to a minimum if the UN atomic watchdog passes a resolution condemning its nuclear program.

"A vote on a resolution against his country, which would be the first in nearly four years, would "damage the currently constructive atmosphere" and "have long-term consequences," Soltanieh told German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
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