Russia Says New UN Resolution on Iran Reflects “Profound Concern”

Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS

Moscow, 25 March: The unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 “reflects the profound concern of the international community with regard to Iran’s nuclear programme”, the Russian Foreign Ministry says in a statement made available to ITAR-TASS today and summing up the final document.

“We are expressing regret over the fact that Iran has not managed to carry out previous resolutions of the UN Security Council and the IAEA, and are again calling on Iran to respect all its international obligations in full,” the ministry says. “We are committed to the search for a solution via negotiation which would remove the international community’s concerns,” the ministry said.

The aim of such negotiations would be “to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran on the basis of mutual respect, which would restore the international community’s trust in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme and would pave the way to improving relations and developing wider cooperation between Iran and all our countries”, the ministry said.

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