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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provisions for verification are contained in the draft agreement between the Governments of the USA, France, Germany and the United Kingdom with the Government of Iran. [197952] Mr. MacShane :[holding answer 16 November 2004]: The agreement between the Governments of France, Germany and the UK, with the support of the High Representative of the European Union, on the one hand, and the Government of Iran, on the other, was published on 15 November. It commits Iran to suspend work on the enrichment of uranium and on the reprocessing of nuclear fuel; to meet all its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to allow full and unrestricted access by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to its nuclear facilities in accordance with its nuclear safeguards agreement with the Agency. This latter requirement will enable independent verification of the extent of Iran's nuclear activities. The Government of the United States is not a party to the agreement.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1551W;426 c1554W; 197952

Session

2003-04

Subjects

International cooperation Nuclear weapons Nuclear fuel reprocessing Iran Uranium

Link

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