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201568
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:56
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Tehran, Moscow Confer on Russia's 'Step by Step' Proposal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Russian officials in a meeting in Tehran conferred on Moscow's 'step by step' proposal for the settlement of Iran-West nuclear standoff.
The issue was discussed in a meeting between Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Monday evening.
Jalili and Patrushev during the meeting also discussed ways to improve Tehran-Moscow relations in all areas.
The Russian official arrived in Iran earlier in the day at the head of a delegation for a two-day visit upon an invitation from Jalili.
The two officials also talked about regional and international developments as well as Moscow's 'step-by-step' proposal on Iran's nuclear program.
The second round of Iran-Russia talks is scheduled to be held on Tuesday morning.
On July 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed a new "step-by-step" approach toward Iran's nuclear program that would enable the Islamic Republic to take steps to address questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
According to the proposed plan, Iran can revive negotiations to alleviate individual concerns of the IAEA about its nuclear activities and be rewarded along the way by the partial removal of sanctions.
The approach would start out with the easiest questions and move on to more complicated ones that would require a longer time for a response, according to Lavrov.
Iran says that according to the modality plan agreed by the Islamic Republic and the IAEA in 2007, the agency should close Iran's nuclear dossier since Tehran has addressed and resolved all the issues of contention.
The issue was discussed in a meeting between Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Monday evening.
Jalili and Patrushev during the meeting also discussed ways to improve Tehran-Moscow relations in all areas.
The Russian official arrived in Iran earlier in the day at the head of a delegation for a two-day visit upon an invitation from Jalili.
The two officials also talked about regional and international developments as well as Moscow's 'step-by-step' proposal on Iran's nuclear program.
The second round of Iran-Russia talks is scheduled to be held on Tuesday morning.
On July 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed a new "step-by-step" approach toward Iran's nuclear program that would enable the Islamic Republic to take steps to address questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
According to the proposed plan, Iran can revive negotiations to alleviate individual concerns of the IAEA about its nuclear activities and be rewarded along the way by the partial removal of sanctions.
The approach would start out with the easiest questions and move on to more complicated ones that would require a longer time for a response, according to Lavrov.
Iran says that according to the modality plan agreed by the Islamic Republic and the IAEA in 2007, the agency should close Iran's nuclear dossier since Tehran has addressed and resolved all the issues of contention.
