Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 3
By Khalid Kazimov - Trend:
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has said that she will visit Tehran in a week.
Speaking during an announcement on Iran's nuclear framework agreement with world powers, Bishop welcomed the new diplomatic achievement, IRNA news agency reported April 3.
The deal will "address international concern about Iran's nuclear program", Bishop said.
"There remain many details that need to be addressed over the coming few months and I encourage all parties to continue to engage constructively in these negotiations," she noted.
She added that the agreement counts as a major step toward a final agreement between Tehran and the group 5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany).
An agreement has been reached at extended talks on Iran's contested nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
According to a joint announcement, Iran will have only one uranium enrichment plant, Natanz, also Iran will changed the Fordu uranium enrichment plant to a nuclear research site. Iran will also change the design of Arak heavy water plant to make less plutonium. The International Atomic Enegry Agency also would have more access to Iran's nuclear facilities, Fars News Agency reported.
On the other hand, EU and the U.S. will halt their sanctions on Iran after reaching a comprehensive nuclear deal (expected to be achieved by June 30).
Iran and P5+1 agreed that the comprehensive nuclear deal become operational for 10 years.
Edited by CN