IRAN-NUCLEAR/LAVROV Russia's Lavrov says arms delivery to Iran possible if UN authorises it

Record ID: 147106

  • Title: IRAN-NUCLEAR/LAVROV Russia's Lavrov says arms delivery to Iran possible if UN authorises it
  • Date: 14th July 2015
  • Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "With regard to the arms embargo, we along with China called for it to be among first restriction measures to be lifted. But in the end, our Iranian colleagues - and as you understand, it was them who had the final say in this matter - agreed to a compromise. Be
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
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  • Story Text: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday (July 14), after a deal was reached on curbing Iran's nuclear programme, that arms deliveries to Tehran will be possible if approved by the United Nations Security Council.
    "With regard to the arms embargo, we along with China called for it to be among first restriction measures to be lifted. But in the end, our Iranian colleagues - and as you understand, it was them who had the final say in this matter - agreed to a compromise. Because the West initially insisted on keeping the arms embargo for eight or even ten years. In the end, a compromise between the Iranians and the Western colleagues has been reached, which we naturally supported along with China, bearing in mind that Iran was fine with it - five years, but within that five-year period arms deliveries to Iran are possible by complying with a procedure of notifying and verification through the U.N. Security Council," Lavrov told media in a news statement after a historic deal was announced.
    He also said Russia was counting on the United States carrying out a promise, which he said it had made in 2009, not to deploy missile defence systems in Europe once a nuclear deal was reached with Iran.
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