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Putin: Russia-Iran Nuclear Talks Not Easy
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=111238D:3919ACA Russian president
says Moscow remains hopeful of being able to resolve Iran's nuclear
standoff with the West





Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow remains hopeful it can
resolve Iran's nuclear standoff with the West.

But he added negotiations with Iran on a Russian proposal to end the
crisis have not been easy.

Russian and Iranian officials are to hold further talks in Tehran
Thursday, following two days of meetings in Moscow that concluded with
no sign of progress.

The two sides are discussing a proposal to allow Iran to enrich
uranium in Russia. The plan is aimed at assuring the West Iran would
not use the process to produce bomb-making material.

Enriched uranium can be used either as fuel for a nuclear reactor or
fissile material for a bomb. Some information for this report was
provided by AP and Reuters.


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