Friday, February 29, 2008

Iran, Vietnam discuss nuclear issue


Iran and Vietnam who currenly holds a seat at the UN Security Council have discussed Tehran's nuclear issue and the recent IAEA's report.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei released his report on Iran's nuclear program on February 22, asserting that all major questions about Iran's nuclear issue have been answered. 'No longer outstanding at this stage,' ElBaradei stated in his report.

Now that the IAEA report has cleared Iran of all charges about its nuclear issue there is no reason for unusual conditions to persist, Rasoul Mousavi, director of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Institute for Political and International Studies, said in a meeting with Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung on Thursday.

Mousavi was in Hanoi to submit the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's letter to his Vietnamese counterpart and discuss Iran's nuclear issue with the Vietnamese officials, IRNA reported Friday.

Dao Viet Trung underlined the two countries' close cooperation over Iran's nuclear standoff with the West.

He voiced Vietnam's position that all countries should have access to peaceful nuclear technology. He also said all countries should commit themselves to comprehensive nuclear disarmament.

The Vietnamese official also expressed hope that Iran's nuclear issue be resolved through negotiations.

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