MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. An agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can be reached if the IAEA follows its mission statement, and doesn't cave to Western pressure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"We must all take into account that the IAEA has not yet expressed its attitude to the fact that the facilities under its monitoring [in Iran] were subjected to illegal attacks in the grossest manner," he told a news conference after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
"We appreciate the goodwill of the Islamic Republic, which, despite all this, is ready to establish cooperation with the IAEA, but not in the interests of advancing the Western agenda. I have no doubt that if the leadership of the IAEA secretariat is strictly guided by its functions, agreements with the Islamic Republic may well be reached. We will wish success to these efforts."
He said that Moscow agrees with Tehran's position on working with the IAEA after the attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.
"My colleague informed me about the position of the Islamic Republic regarding contacts with the IAEA. We fully share this position," Lavrov said.
