Iran responded to MAGATE's proposalOctober 29, 2009 - 19:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian state media report that the country's government has responded to MAGATE's uranium enrichment proposal.Response was delivered to MAGATE Headquarters in Vienna. Details about its contents are not published for now. In the meantime, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the country would not withdraw its nuclear program, but was ready to cooperate with Western states. Under MAGATE's proposal, Tehran will ship its low enriched uranium to another state for further retrocession. Enriched uranium will then be sent back to Iran for being used in nuclear research reactors. This will rule out possibility country's being independent in obtaining highly enriched uranium which can be used nuclear weapon production. Thursday morning, a group of MAGATE inspectors returned from Iran. They had visited the uranium enrichment plant whose construction was earlier kept secret. Upon arriving in Vienna, Head of delegation said it was a "good trip", however he refrained from disclosing further details. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |