Putin confident Iran has no nuclear plans

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Putin confident Iran has no nuclear plans

October 17 2003 at 04:06PM



Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he was confident that Iran had no ambitions to develop nuclear weapons and urged the Islamic state to agree to tougher United Nations inspections of its suspect facilities.

Putin told the Al-Jazeera network in comments reported here by the Interfax news agency that he recently "held long discussions on a wide range of issues, including the nuclear problem" with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.

"We believe that Iran is not seeking nuclear arms. The Iranian president has repeatedly told me about this."

Russia has come under pressure from the United States and Israel to halt the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr because they fear the project may be helping Tehran develop nuclear weapons.

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It looks like when it comes to money Putin knows what decision must be made! :bounce: