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Third Secretary at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Austria and Permanent Delegate at International Organizations in Vienna Yaseen Al-Majid
VEINNA, March 7 (KUNA) -- Kuwait reaffirmed here on Friday that it is the
right of all countries to produce, develop and use peaceful nuclear energy in
line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NBT).
Third Secretary at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Austria and Permanent Delegate at
International Organizations in Vienna Yaseen Al-Majid addressed an
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting on the
agreement of safeguards by saying that Kuwait believes in diplomacy and
dialogue as the only way to bring divergent views closer and to settle
outstanding issues pertinent to Iran's controversial nuclear program.
He reminded that his country had welcomed practical arrangements reached
between the IAEA and Iran on November 11, 2013, together with the agreement
reached by both sides on February 9, 2014.
Kuwait looks forward to maintaining cooperation between the IAEA and Iran
in order to settle relevant unresolved matters, thus ensuring a peaceful
Iranian nuclear program, he pointed out.
The Kuwaiti ambassador went on to say that the State of Kuwait is closely
monitoring the positive development of the 5+1-Iran deal reached in November
2013, and welcomes the outcomes of recent bilateral negotiations in Vienna.
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