Next week, Iran will meet with several European countries to discuss nuclear power.
This was stated by a spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, writes the Reuters news agency.
The meeting comes just days after the UN’s nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution demanding that Iran cooperate more with the UN body.
Behind the proposal for the resolution were, among others, France, Germany and Great Britain.
These are the countries Iran must now meet with.
The meeting is planned to be on November 29.
Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei from the Iranian Foreign Ministry did not disclose where the meeting will take place.
Earlier on Sunday, the Japanese news agency Kyodo wrote that the meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, is tasked with promoting the peaceful use of nuclear power.
Precisely the word peaceful is central.
Iran’s nuclear program has long caused international concern. The country has accumulated large deposits of enriched uranium.
Iran itself says that the uranium must be used exclusively to produce energy with nuclear power.
However, the UN agency has warned that Iran has a lot of uranium that is close to being enriched enough to be used for the production of nuclear weapons.
The Atomic Energy Agency, also known by the abbreviation IAEA, was established during the Cold War.
At the time, it was the United States and the Soviet Union that worried the world community with a large-scale arms race.
In 2015, the United States and a number of other countries entered into an agreement with Iran to remove sanctions against the country. In return, Iran had to dismantle its nuclear program.
Only a few years later – in 2018 – the US and several countries left the agreement.
Subsequently, Iran has ramped up the production of enriched uranium.
Last year, during an inspection in Iran, the IAEA found uranium particles with an enrichment level of 83.7 percent. This is just below the 90 percent that is needed to be able to produce an atomic bomb.
In addition to France, Germany and Great Britain, the United States is also the author of the proposal for a resolution demanding more cooperation from Iran.
There are no reports that the US will participate in the meeting with Iran on November 29.
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Source: www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk
