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Russia to head on with Iran nuclear power plans

MOSCOW, May 19 (KUNA) -- Head of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency (ROSATOM) Sergey Kirienko stated Monday that his country would not make any changes to the scheduled construction of the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran.
Kirienko, in a statement to Russian News Agency (Itar-tass) regarding a prevented transport of cargo for the plant by Azerbaijan, said that it was a "misunderstanding." Azeri authorities halted a cargo of Russian heat insulators on 29th of March.
The cargo was halted despite earlier shipments that went through export control procedures. (end) as.sd KUNA 192044 May 08NNNN