Lavrov: Russia Expects US to Abandon Europe AMD
Plans After Iran Deal
By RT
July 14, 2015 "Information
Clearing House"
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"RT"
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Moscow hopes the US will fulfill its promise not to develop a system
of missile defense in Europe after a deal with Iran has been
reached, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vienna on
Tuesday.
“We all
probably remember that in April 2009 in Prague [US] President
[Barack] Obama said that if the Iran nuclear program issue is sorted
out, then the task of creating the European segment of the missile
defense system will disappear,” Lavrov said at press conference
in Vienna.
He said
that Tehran and the P5+1 powers (the United States, the UK, France,
Germany, Russia and China)
have agreed on “joint
all-inclusive plan of actions, which consists of the main document
and five very detailed technical appendices.”
A draft of UN Security Council resolution has also
been agreed upon which all participants of the talks will present as
co-authors in New York in the next few days, Lavrov said, adding
that the resolution will be considered by the UN SC and voted on.
"We believe, it will be
unanimously approved,"
he added.
The IAEA
will have new serious checking functions with the participation of
the Russian side to control the fulfillment of the deal, said Lavrov.
A special commission will be created for this
purpose which will include all the participants of the talks – P5+1
powers, the EU and Iran. This commission will review “all
problems and concerns of the sides over how the other parties to the
agreement fulfill their liabilities.”
Russia
will take an active part in practical activities which are aimed at
realization of the nuclear agreement with Tehran reached on Tuesday,
Lavrov said, which concerns two issues directly mentioned in the
documents.
They are “the removal of low-enriched uranium
to Russia in exchange for the delivery of natural uranium to Iran,
and … the re-purposing of the Fordow former enrichment facility into
an isotope production facility for medicinal and industrial
purposes."
Lavrov
reminded that it was Russia that suggested the concepts of
consistency and mutuality that later played an important role in all
stages of work on the Iranian nuclear deal.
These concepts made sure that every step from Iran
towards the demands of the global community was accompanied by
counter steps from P5+1 and from UN on weakening the sanction burden
towards the eventual lifting of the sanctions.
Lavrov
revealed that the arms embargo towards Iran will last for five
years, but weapons supplies will be possible if Tehran passes
verification procedures via the UNSC.
“The compromise has been reached between
Iranians and Western colleagues - which we [Russia] and China
supported taking into account that Iran agreed on it – five years,
but during this period arms supplies to Iran will be possible if
they pass the corresponding procedure of verification via the UN
Security Council.”
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