Tehran has called on the Vienna Group to agree on the date and venue of technical discussions on a nuclear fuel swap deal between Iran, Brazil and Turkey, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
"...We are fully ready to deal with details of fuel swap, and talks on the issue can be held without pause as soon as the group declares its readiness," Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted by Iranian information agency ISNA as saying.
Tehran submitted in July a letter to IAEA Director General Yukio Amano, which expressed Iran's readiness to hold technical discussions on the supply of 20%-enriched fuel to Iran for use in its Tehran scientific research reactor.
Turkey and Brazil are to be included in the negotiation process.
Russia welcomed Tehran's proposals, but the Western members of the so-called Iran Six group, which also includes Britain, China, France, Germany, and the United States, have yet to provide a clear response.
Turkey, Brazil and Iran signed an agreement on May 17, dubbed the Tehran Declaration, in which Iran committed itself to giving 1,200 kg of its 3.5%-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 20%-enriched uranium it would receive from Western countries to be used as fuel in the nuclear research reactor near Tehran. RIA Novosti
