(DIP) AHMEDINEJAD SAYS TURKEY PLAYS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN TALKS OVER IRAN'S NEUCLEAR PROGRAM.TEHRAN, Nov 16, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has regarded Turkey's role in talks over Iran's nuclear program as sincere and constructive. Ahmedinejad who commented Monday on their nuclear programme during his reception of journalists who attended the annual meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in Tehran, said nuclear energy was Iranian people's indispensable right. He said this right was not open to negotiation, noting that they would only talk with International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency: see Atomic Energy Agency, International. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. (IAEA IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency. ) over the issue. Noting that Iran was ready for a constructive and positive cooperation on nuclear energy with the West, the Iranian president said, "cooperation in this field is to the benefit of the West. Opposition by the Western countries against this will only make Iran stronger and help it grow". Commenting on Turkey's role in the talks over his country's nuclear program, Ahmedinejad said, "As a friend and brotherly country, Turkey is trying to play a constructive and sincere role." (OZG-MS) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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