European diplomats in Iranian nuclear power plants? No thanks, replies the EU
(B2 / in Budapest) Holding a short press briefing with the Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, János Martonyi, on Friday in the Budapest parliament, the High Representative took the opportunity to respond to the Iranian proposal made to Europeans to come and visit its facilities. " The monitoring and carrying out of the necessary inspections must be carried out by the IAEA and not by the EU she explained. Iran must ensure that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can continue its work ". In doing so, it thwarts the Iranian "trap". To have diplomats who do not really know nuclear techniques visit would have been to expose them to an unnecessary visit and undermine the work of IAEA specialists.
New trading session mid January
Iran had invited several diplomats from the 27, in particular Hungary holding the EU presidency as well as France, Germany and the United Kingdom (members of the 5+1 contact group), to come and see , the situation in Iran's nuclear power plants. Following the resumption of contacts with Iran in early December, a new negotiation session takes place in Turkey in mid-January.
(updated) The meeting would last 1 day and a half, on January 21 and 22, according to Turkish and Iranian sources.
