NAM: Dialog, Sole Solution To Iranˈs Nuclear Issue

Vienna, March 6, IRNA – Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states in a statement said diplomacy and dialogue are the only solution to Iranˈs nuclear issue. NAM statement which was read in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday afternoon, stressed that NAM underlines inalienable rights of all countries for development, research, production and use of atomic energy for peaceful goals without any kind of discrimination and upon lawful obligations. The statement said NAM expresses its appreciation for Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano for his report concerning implementation of safeguard agreement by Iran and for his impartiality and professionalism of the secretariat of the agency in its activities about implementation of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in Iran. It went on to say that NAM considers establishment of Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East as a positive step in the way of world nuclear disarmament. NAM repeated its support for establishment of such a region upon resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. NAM confirmed again immunity of peaceful nuclear activities and called any kind of attack or threat to attack against nuclear installations as violation of international laws and principles of the UN Charter and regulations of IAEA. NAM persuaded secretariat to refrain from publishing technical details concerning sensitive information in the director general report. It welcomed constant cooperation between IAEA and Iran, as it was mentioned in the latest report of the director general./end