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Untitled Document Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov Speaks to
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Kharazi by Telephone Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Daily News Bulletin August 19, 2003
On August 18 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov had a telephone conversation with Kamal Kharazi, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The focus was mainly on discussing questions linked to the situation around the nuclear program of Iran. Kharazi informed Ivanov of the Iranian side's recent contacts with the representatives of the IAEA. He also reconfirmed the exclusively peaceful character of the nuclear program being carried out in Iran, the adherence of Teheran to its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and readiness to further expand cooperation with the Agency. The ministers agreed to continue a substantive discussion of these problems during upcoming bilateral consultations in Teheran at the level of experts.
During the conversation, questions were also considered relating to a resolution of the situation in Iraq and to the course of the negotiating process on the problems of the Caspian Sea.
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