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Press Release (on Russia-Iran Nuclear Cooperation)
Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation
May 12, 2004

Translated by RANSAC Staff

Attention representative of the Russian and Foreign Press!

Today, the 12th of May, the Director of the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy, Alexander Rumyantsev, held a working meeting with the Iranian delegation led by the Vice-President of the Organization for Atomic Energy of Iran, Asodalloi Saburin (OAEI).

B. Yurlov – Deputy Director, V. Kuchinov – Director DMCS, I. Klochko and E. Reshetnikov – First Vice-Presidents of ZAO “ASE” also took part in the meeting; and from the Iranian side: I. Khalilipur – Director of the Atomic Security System of Iran, G. Shafei – Iranian Ambassador to Russia, M. Saidi – Director of the International Department of OAEI.

The sides discussed issues connected with the course of the construction of the first power unit of the Bushehr NPP, and the conditions of the preparations of the fuel contract for the shipping of fresh fuel for the NPP and the return of spent fuel to Russia.

In the course of the meeting the issue of the length of A. Rumyantsev’s visit to Iran also arose.