Full text of EU statement on Iran’s nuclear announcement

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 10 – The following is the full text of a statement issued Tuesday by the European Union’s Presidency on the announcement yesterday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran had begun “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment: Iran Focus

London, Apr. 10 – The following is the full text of a statement issued Tuesday by the European Union’s Presidency on the announcement yesterday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran had begun “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment:

10.04.2007

EU Presidency Statement on the Iranian nuclear programme

The Presidency of the European Union has noted with great concern the announcement by Iran that it intends to begin uranium enrichment on an industrial scale.

Such a step by Iran would directly contradict the repeated requests by the IAEA Board of Governors and the binding calls on Iran by the UN Security Council, in Resolutions 1737 and 1747, to suspend all enrichment-related activities.

The Presidency of the European Union once again urges Iran to comply with the demands of the international community and to create the conditions for a return to the negotiating table and for a solution to the conflict surrounding the Iranian nuclear programme.