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Russia, Iran plan to sign deal on peaceful nuclear cooperation

28 March 2017 [14:33] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Kamila Aliyeva

Russia and Iran plan to sign a memorandum on the development of peaceful nuclear cooperation following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 28, a source from the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.

The document is aimed solely at the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The source noted that the memorandum, among other aspects, would relate to "understanding on the transportation of nuclear materials, coordination of joint activities, rules."

"We are talking about signing of a document that defines a number of aspects of bilateral cooperation in the field of the purely peaceful use of nuclear energy, in the context of the construction of the second and third units in Bushehr as well," the source said, referring to Iran's nuclear power plant.

This is a working document, not the first one between Rosatom (Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation) and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the source said.

The two countries signed a historic $20 billion energy deal in Moscow in November 2014. This agreement has extended the cooperation of the parties in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and creating the possibility of building of eight units of nuclear power plant in Iran with Russian technologies.

Iran and Russia cooperate both politically and economically. Although mostly two countries cooperate in the energy sphere, they have also expanded trade ties in many non-energy sectors of economy, including a large agriculture agreement in January 2009 and a telecommunications contract in December 2008.

Currently, Iranian president is in Moscow on an official visit during which it is planned to sign a package of bilateral agreements. The Iranian side said earlier the documents cover the areas of telecommunications, technologies, energy, roads, urban development, standardizing, and sports.

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