Russia expected Iran to freeze uranium enrichment and confirm that its
nuclear program will remain exclusively civilian, a senior Russian lawmaker said
on Thursday.
"Russia will expect Iran to pledge to freeze its current (uranium) enrichment
program until all queries are clarified," Konstantin Kosachyov, Chairman of
International Affairs Committee of Russia's lower parliament, said in a
commentary posted on the United Russia Party's website.
"We expect Tehran to provide exhaustive confirmation that Iran's nuclear
program is not military, that Iran does not plan to transform the current
civilian program into a military one, and that it will abide by the nuclear
weapons nonproliferation regime," Kosachyov said.
Russia wanted Tehran to provide detailed confirmation that "it will continue
cooperating fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency and ultimately
seek a regime of interaction with the world community that would dispel all
suspicion regarding its nuclear program," Kosachyov said.
Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani will visit
Moscow on Friday for talks in the Russian Security Council and the Foreign
Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Thursday.