Putin says Iran nuclear plant to be ready on time

Published September 21st, 2005 - 02:11 GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that his country is committed to complete Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station on time, say in 2006.

 

Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Gholamreza Ansari told IRNA that during his meeting with Putin, when he presented his credentials, the Russian president underlined that Moscow will continue nuclear cooperation with Iran within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

 

Ansari added that the Russian Atomic Energy Organization is currently preparing shipment of the fuel required for Bushehr power station.

 

Meanwhile, in his remarks on Tuesday, Head of the Russian Atomic Energy Organization Alexander Rumyantsev said that the nuclear power station currently under construction in Bushehr by his country will be completed in the coming year and that the first cargo of nuclear fuel will be sent there either at the end of the year 2005 or early 2006.

 

 

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