٠٠:٠٣:٠١Mandatory Credit: IAEA
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has reached a critical deal with Iran in solving an issue pertaining to the maintenance of monitoring equipment, which "will give space for diplomacy" said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at a press conference in Vienna, on Sunday, after returning from Tehran.
Grossi explained the details of the agreement reached.
"We will be able to keep the information needed to maintain continuity of knowledge. As you know this is predicated on a system that was agreed last February, whereby we keep monitoring, registering, taping," he said.
The agency chief however outlined that this was not a permanent answer to the issue at hand.
"This cannot be a permanent solution, this has always been seen for me at least as a stop gap as a measure to allow time for diplomacy without us losing the basic information and data that we need," Grossi said.
In a joint statement released by the IAEA and the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (AEOI) both parties agreed to engage in high level discussions with the intention of reaching a permanent solution.
"The Vice-President and the Head of AEOI will meet the IAEA Director General at the sidelines of the upcoming General Conference, and the IAEA Director General will also visit Tehran in the near future to hold high level consultations with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA in different fields and discussing current issues of mutual interest," the statement outlined.
Austria: UN and Iranian nuclear agencies reach critical deal - IAEA director
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has reached a critical deal with Iran in solving an issue pertaining to the maintenance of monitoring equipment, which "will give space for diplomacy" said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at a press conference in Vienna, on Sunday, after returning from Tehran.
Grossi explained the details of the agreement reached.
"We will be able to keep the information needed to maintain continuity of knowledge. As you know this is predicated on a system that was agreed last February, whereby we keep monitoring, registering, taping," he said.
The agency chief however outlined that this was not a permanent answer to the issue at hand.
"This cannot be a permanent solution, this has always been seen for me at least as a stop gap as a measure to allow time for diplomacy without us losing the basic information and data that we need," Grossi said.
In a joint statement released by the IAEA and the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (AEOI) both parties agreed to engage in high level discussions with the intention of reaching a permanent solution.
"The Vice-President and the Head of AEOI will meet the IAEA Director General at the sidelines of the upcoming General Conference, and the IAEA Director General will also visit Tehran in the near future to hold high level consultations with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA in different fields and discussing current issues of mutual interest," the statement outlined.
Mandatory Credit: IAEA
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has reached a critical deal with Iran in solving an issue pertaining to the maintenance of monitoring equipment, which "will give space for diplomacy" said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at a press conference in Vienna, on Sunday, after returning from Tehran.
Grossi explained the details of the agreement reached.
"We will be able to keep the information needed to maintain continuity of knowledge. As you know this is predicated on a system that was agreed last February, whereby we keep monitoring, registering, taping," he said.
The agency chief however outlined that this was not a permanent answer to the issue at hand.
"This cannot be a permanent solution, this has always been seen for me at least as a stop gap as a measure to allow time for diplomacy without us losing the basic information and data that we need," Grossi said.
In a joint statement released by the IAEA and the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (AEOI) both parties agreed to engage in high level discussions with the intention of reaching a permanent solution.
"The Vice-President and the Head of AEOI will meet the IAEA Director General at the sidelines of the upcoming General Conference, and the IAEA Director General will also visit Tehran in the near future to hold high level consultations with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA in different fields and discussing current issues of mutual interest," the statement outlined.