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| World Powers 'Deeply Concerned' by Iran Nuke Upgrades |
| 2013-03-06 |
| [An Nahar] Six world powers holding talks with Iran on its nuclear program said Tuesday at a meeting of the U.N. atomic agency that they were "deeply concerned" by Tehran's recent atomic upgrades. "(We) are deeply concerned that Iran continues to undertake certain nuclear activities contrary to multiple UNSC (U.N. Security Council) Resolutions," Britannia's ambassador to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency said in a joint statement delivered to the Vienna meeting. These include "recent steps to install more advanced centrifuges, continued installation of additional centrifuges at Fordo and Natanz, production of enriched uranium, and construction of the IR-40 reactor at Arak," Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque said, according to the text of her remarks. The statement to a meeting of the 35-nation IAEA board of governors was on behalf of the United States, China, Russia, Britannia, La Belle France and Germany, known as the P5+1. The statement also said that the six countries "seek tangible results" from talks with Iran -- which resumed last week in Kazakhstan and which it said were "useful" -- "at an early stage." These talks saw the P5+1 sweeten an offer made to Iran last year, scaling back some of their demands and offering more relief from sanctions that last year began to hurt the Iranian economy. Technical experts from both sides are meant to begin thrashing out the details on March 17-18 in Istanbul before chief negotiators return to Almaty on April 5-6. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 You know that NORK has NO power to blast nukes, they're borrowing them, why act surprised. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-06 15:27 |