Russia, Iran to Discuss International and Regional Security, 2/17/05 Options

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Russia, Iran to Discuss International and Regional Security
February 17, 2005
RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, - Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Hasan Rowhani will discuss outstanding issues of international and regional security and a wide range of bilateral questions in the Kremlin today. The meeting will be held behind closed doors, repots the press service of the Russian Security Council.

Iranian diplomatic sources say that Mr. Rowhani will use the visit to discuss the Iranian nuclear programs, the promotion of relations in the peaceful uses of nuclear power, and new American threats to Iran with Igor Ivanov and other ranking officials of Russia.

It is expected that "the talks of Mr. Rowhani with the ranking officials of Russia will spotlight the issue of Iranian nuclear programs and the strengthening of Moscow-Tehran cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, in particular the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant," said a source in the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

One of the highlights of the talks will be the signing of documents on the terms of Russian nuclear fuel deliveries to Bushehr and subsequent utilization of fuel wastes, which are to be signed in Tehran in late February.

"The parties may also discuss the recent US threats to Iran and exchange opinions on this issue," said the source. Other possible issues on the agenda are the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia-Iran military-technical cooperation, and the status of the Caspian Sea.


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