LOC23:36
20:36 GMT
VIENNA, Nov 23 (KUNA) -- Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) Yukiya Amano said Tuesday Syria should speed up cooperation with the UN
nuclear watchdog to iron out all outstanding issues related to Dier Al-Zoor
site, which was destroyed by Israeli in 2007 on pretext of being a clandestine
nuclear facility.
Amano, in a new five-page report distributed on member states, said Syria
failed to cooperate with IAEA since June 2008 thus unable to achieve any
progress in solving thorny issues related to Deir Al-Zoor site and other three
facilities linked to the site.
He urged Damascus of providing all information about particles of uranium
that were found by IAEA inspectors in Mansar facility in Damascus.
Amano called on the Syrian government to ratify the additional protocol and
facilitate the mission of inspectors to assure that the nuclear program was
peaceful.
Damascus denies that it has projects to build nuclear weapons. The IAEA's
board of governors is expected to criticize Syria for its handling of the
nuclear file, when it meets on December 2-3. (end)
amg.bs
KUNA 232336 Nov 10NNNN