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IRAN HAS BEGUN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS SUSPEND ENRICHING NUCLEAR FUEL
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 17, 2010 - 09:50 AMT 05:50 GMT
Iran has begun secret negotiations on proposals to surrender a
substantial part of its uranium stockpile and suspend enriching
nuclear fuel in return for an end to sanctions that have crippled
the country's economy.
The Turkish-led deal calls on Iran to ship about 1,000 kilograms of
its low-enriched uranium, as well as its entire 30 kilogram stockpile
of 20-per cent enriched uranium, to a safe location.
In return, France and Russia will supply ready-made fuel rods for the
medical isotope reactor for which Iran says it has been enriching
uranium to 20 per cent - a level which halves the time needed to
manufacture weapons-grade material.
"We think the deal is doable," an official involved in the negotiations
said, "but there's still a lot of detail to be worked through." Turkish
and Iranian negotiators, diplomatic sources say, have met several
times to discuss the contours of the deal, which they hope to bring
to the table next month at a meeting with an international consortium
called the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council and Germany.
France, Russia and the United States have also been involved in the
negotiations, which began after a meeting between Ahmed Davutoglu,
Turkey's foreign minister, and Iranian officials in Bahrain earlier
this month, The Telegraph reported.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 17, 2010 - 09:50 AMT 05:50 GMT
Iran has begun secret negotiations on proposals to surrender a
substantial part of its uranium stockpile and suspend enriching
nuclear fuel in return for an end to sanctions that have crippled
the country's economy.
The Turkish-led deal calls on Iran to ship about 1,000 kilograms of
its low-enriched uranium, as well as its entire 30 kilogram stockpile
of 20-per cent enriched uranium, to a safe location.
In return, France and Russia will supply ready-made fuel rods for the
medical isotope reactor for which Iran says it has been enriching
uranium to 20 per cent - a level which halves the time needed to
manufacture weapons-grade material.
"We think the deal is doable," an official involved in the negotiations
said, "but there's still a lot of detail to be worked through." Turkish
and Iranian negotiators, diplomatic sources say, have met several
times to discuss the contours of the deal, which they hope to bring
to the table next month at a meeting with an international consortium
called the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council and Germany.
France, Russia and the United States have also been involved in the
negotiations, which began after a meeting between Ahmed Davutoglu,
Turkey's foreign minister, and Iranian officials in Bahrain earlier
this month, The Telegraph reported.
From: A. Papazian