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Obama: Iranian agreement 'constructive'
by Mark Silva
Following direct talks with Iran today about its nuclear facilities, President Barack Obama called Tehran's acceptance of international inspection of the uranium enrichment facility that it is building "a constructive beginning.''
Yet Obama, who committed the U.S. to negotiations while demanding that Iran cease enrichment of nuclear material that might be used for an atomic weapon, maintained that Iran will have to follow through with other moves -- including allowing a third-party nation to handle the fuel that it intends to use for any civilian nuclear power generation.
Following a meeting in Geneva today among representatives of the United States and other members of the United Nations Security Council, Obama said in a statement delivered from the Diplomatic Room of the White House: "The Iranian government heard a clear and unified message.... Today's meeting was a constructive beginning, but it must be followed by constructive action.''
Javier Solana, the European Union's senior envoy, said that Iran had pledged to "cooperate fully and immediately'' with the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, and that he expected Tehran to invite agency inspectors looking for signs of covert nuclear weapons activity to visit "in the next couple of weeks."
The IAEA said its director will visit Iran to discuss issues related to the country's nuclear program. Mohamed ElBaradei was "invited to Tehran by Iranian authorities,'' the agency said. He will travel there soon to discuss a number of matters."
Obama said that Iran "must grant unfettered access to IAEA inspectors within two weeks'' and "Iran must take concrete steps to build confidence that its nuclear program will meet peaceful purposes.
While voicing support for Iran's pursuit of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Obama said that transferring its enriched fuel to a third fuel-producing nation would demonstrate that.
The talks, following Iran's recent disclosure of a once-secret enrichment facility, mark the highest-level direct contact that the United States has had with Tehran since the U.S. broke off relations with the nation during the hostage crisis of 1980.
"We're not interested in talking for the sake of talking,'' Obama said. "This is a constructive beginning, but hard work lies ahead.... Talk is no substitute for action.
"Our patience is not unlimited.''
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