TEHRAN/MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - An Iranian delegation arrived in Moscow Wednesday to hold talks on the country's controversial nuclear program with Russian and EU representatives, Iran's foreign minister said.
Manouchehr Mottaki told reporters that the delegation, comprising the deputy heads of the country's Supreme National Security Council and Foreign Ministry, would discuss ways to resolve the long-running nuclear crisis with Russian and EU representatives, who had attended a meeting of all five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany Tuesday.
The Russian Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the delegation's arrival in Moscow.
Iran is suspected of seeking to build nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear program. Iran has dismissed such accusations, and insisted on its right to pursue peaceful nuclear technology under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Mohammed ElBaradei, director of IAEA, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, visited Tehran April 13-14 after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the Islamic Republic had successfully produced low-enriched uranium.
The IAEA head said he could not yet confirm that Iran had enriched uranium to 3.5%, sufficient to produce sustained fission reactions in nuclear power plants, but called on the Islamic Republic to suspend all nuclear activities until the end of April to resolve outstanding issues by the deadline set by the UN Security Council.
The Security Council, where Russia, China, the United States, Britain and France are permanent members and which has the power to impose sanctions if the country is found in breach of its non-proliferation commitments, will make a decision following ElBaradei's report.
