Russian negotiations depart for Tehran

cctv.com 02-24-2006 09:23

Staying with that story, and the head of Russia's atomic energy agency, Sergei Kiriyenko, has left for Iran to continue the nuclear talks that began earlier this week.

Kiriyenko's first meeting with the Iranian side is scheduled for Saturday. He's also set to visit the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia. Before Kiriyenko's departure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the delegation would continue efforts to find a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions. The talks come ahead of a March 6th meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency. If no breakthrough is made, members of the UN watchdog could start a process that would lead to UN Security Council sanctions on Iran.

Editor:Chen Zhuo  Source:CCTV.com