Russia committed to Iran nuclear plant launch: Ivanov
Pastor Dale Morgan
Sunday January 28, 10:09 PM
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Russia committed to Iran nuclear plant launch: Ivanov*
Visiting Russian security chief Igor Ivanov said that Moscow is
committed to launching Iran's first nuclear power plant on schedule in
September, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Russia is determined and serious in fulfilling its obligation to finish
Bushehr plant on the scheduled date," Ivanov was quoted as saying Sunday
after meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
In September 2006, Russia and Iran signed an agreement setting September
this year as the deadline for the launch of the Russian-built Bushehr
nuclear power station which lies on the Gulf coast in southwestern Iran.
The plant will actually produce electricity from November 2007, and the
nuclear fuel for the plant is to be delivered no later than March.
Ivanov, the Russian Security Council secretary, is also due to meet
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and national security chief and
top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.
He is expected to hold a press conference with his Iranian counterpart
later.
Russia supports Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology but voted
for a UN Security Council resolution in December that imposes sanctions
on Tehran over its repeated refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.