Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 28
Trend:
Russia and Iran plan to sign a memorandum on the development of peaceful nuclear cooperation following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Mar. 28, a source from the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik.
The source noted that the memorandum, among other aspects, would relate to "understanding on the transportation of nuclear materials, coordination of joint activities, rules."
"We are talking about signing a document that defines a number of aspects of bilateral cooperation in the field of the purely peaceful use of nuclear energy, in the context of the construction of the second and third units in Bushehr as well," the source said, referring to Iran's nuclear power plant.
"This is a working document, not the first one between Rosatom [Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation] and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran," the source said.