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    Iran and IAEA agreed on nuclear fuel exchange formula
    06.02.2010 13:12 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran and IAEA agreed on a formula for sharing
    low-enriched uranium to 20 per cent enriched overseas, but the details
    have to be agreed yet: the exchange time, place and quantity, Iranian
    Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said after a meeting with the RF
    Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Munich.

    "The main thing that both sides recognize the formula for the exchange
    of fuel," he said. Mottaki called the remaining details as "three key
    elements", which would guarantee the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear
    program.

    "Time is required to enrich uranium to 20 per cent and our colleagues
    in negotiations agree with this," Mottaki said. He suggested that it
    will likely take five to six months to produce the enriched uranium
    abroad.

    "We agree and cannot wait until everything is ready, and we can
    exchange 3.5 per cent uranium to 20 per cent," Foreign Minister of
    Iran explained.

    Mottaki did not give a specific answer which country can enrich fuel
    for Iran, saying that the "enrichment under the supervision of the
    International Atomic Energy Agency" can be one of the options.

    "We hope that all parties can demonstrate a political will to
    implement this formula," Iranian Foreign Minister said.

    In his turn, Sergei Lavrov, in a separate interview with reporters
    said that they discussed with Mottaki various options for the program
    implementation about the additional enrichment of Iranian uranium
    abroad, launched in Geneva by Six negotiators (the five permanent UN
    Security Council members and Germany) together with IAEA.

    "I hope that after today's talk there is a chance that we will find a
    scheme of reloading of the research reactor in Tehran, and it will be
    implemented", Lavrov said, RIA Novosti reported.

    Iran and IAEA agreed on a formula for sharing of low-enriched uranium
    for enriched to 20 per cent abroad, Iranian Foreign Minister
    Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference.
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