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Turkey rules out plans for nuclear cooperation with Iran
17:46 - 16.11.11
Turkey has no plans for cooperation with Iran to build nuclear power
plants, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday, according to
Reuters.
It comes after Mohammad Javad Larijani, a foreign affairs adviser to
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said in New York that the Islamic
Republic was willing to share its nuclear technology with neighbouring
countries, suggesting it could help Turkey build an atomic power
plant.
"Iran is an important neighbouring country. We have oil and gas trade,
but cooperation in the area of nuclear power stations is not currently
on our agenda," Yildiz was quoted as telling reporters.
The UN nuclear watchdog reported last week that Iran appeared to have
worked covertly on designing atomic bombs and may be continuing
research to that end, and Tehran is under U.N. sanctions over its
disputed nuclear activity.
Larijani said that Iran was ready to share its nuclear capability with
neighbours and friendly countries in the region.
"Turkey is for years trying to have a nuclear power plant but no
country in the West is willing to build that for them," Larijani said,
adding that Iran did not have a "concrete proposal" for nuclear
cooperation with Turkey or another state.
Tert.am
17:46 - 16.11.11
Turkey has no plans for cooperation with Iran to build nuclear power
plants, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday, according to
Reuters.
It comes after Mohammad Javad Larijani, a foreign affairs adviser to
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said in New York that the Islamic
Republic was willing to share its nuclear technology with neighbouring
countries, suggesting it could help Turkey build an atomic power
plant.
"Iran is an important neighbouring country. We have oil and gas trade,
but cooperation in the area of nuclear power stations is not currently
on our agenda," Yildiz was quoted as telling reporters.
The UN nuclear watchdog reported last week that Iran appeared to have
worked covertly on designing atomic bombs and may be continuing
research to that end, and Tehran is under U.N. sanctions over its
disputed nuclear activity.
Larijani said that Iran was ready to share its nuclear capability with
neighbours and friendly countries in the region.
"Turkey is for years trying to have a nuclear power plant but no
country in the West is willing to build that for them," Larijani said,
adding that Iran did not have a "concrete proposal" for nuclear
cooperation with Turkey or another state.
Tert.am