IAEA says it will continue dialogue with Iran
The IAEA will continue the dialogue with Iran on its nuclear
dossier, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano was as saying by
ITAR-Tass.
Speaking at the 3rd IAEA International High-Level Conference in St
Petersburg on Thursday, Amano said the dialogue "cannot be held
endlessly and our purpose is to make sure that Iran's nuclear
programme pursues peaceful goals."
Amino said the decision on Iran's nuclear programme "is in
competence of the IAEA Board of Governors".
"My task is to collect information and submit it to the IAEA Board
of Governors," he stressed, adding that the IAEA worked on this
issue as the unique mechanism.
Amano recalled that the IAEA had adopted two resolutions on this
issue in November 2011 and in September 2012.
"At present, we inform the Board of Governors on the implementation
of the resolutions, especially the second resolution, which calls
for stepping up the work with Iran," the IAEA director-general
said.
Commenting on if the IAEA position changes on the Iranian nuclear
dossier after a new president comes to power, Amano said.
"Our position will be as it is with the previous president.
Naturally, we'll continue the dialogue with the country and it will
be aimed at achieving concrete results," he added.
The IAEA, whose mission is to prevent the spread of nuclear
weapons, has been trying to negotiate a so-called structured
approach with Iran giving the inspectors access to sites, officials
and documents for their long-stalled inquiry.
World powers are monitoring the IAEA-Iran talks for any signs as to
whether Tehran, facing intensifying sanctions pressure, may be
prepared to finally start tackling mounting international concerns
about its nuclear activity.
The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a
nuclear weapon - something that Iran denies.
The Islamic Republic has on numerous occasions stated that it does
not seek to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for
medical researches instead.