Putin Attends Caspian Sea Summit in Tehran, Announces Continuous Russian Nuclear Cooperation with Iran

Putin: Russia to continue nuclear cooperation with Iran

Tehran, Oct 16, IRNA

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint press conference on the sidelines of the second Caspian Sea littoral states summit here Tuesday underlined that Russia is to continue nuclear cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran and Russia are now cooperating on wide range of issues such as aviation industry and Russia is to continue its contribution to Iran's peaceful nuclear program, Putin said.

In the final statement signed by five heads of states, all countries voiced their commitments to non proliferation of nuclear arms and maintained that the Caspian Sea littoral states should merely be engaged in peaceful nuclear activities, he underlined.

The presidents of five Caspian Sea littoral states attended the day-long summit exchanging views on how to find a way for fair use by all neighboring states of the sea's natural resources.

The participants of the summit signed a 25-article declaration and a statement at the end of their day-long summit in Tehran on Tuesday.

Speaking at a joint press conference after the summit, they called the gathering as "positive." 1430/1412

Russia will not let attacks on Caspian states from its soil

Tehran, Oct 16, IRNA

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia stressed here on Tuesday that Moscow would not allow other countries to use its soil for attacking the Caspian Sea littoral states.

He made the remarks in his speech at the second summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.

The Russian president arrived here Tuesday morning at the head of a high-ranking delegation to attend the summit.

This is the first visit to Tehran by a Russian president after about 65 years when Josef Stalin visited the country in 1943.

Russian President Putin arrives in Tehran

www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-16 15:32:50 Print

Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) --

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on Tuesday morning for a landmark visit despite warnings of a possible assassination plot.

Putin is currently attending a Caspian Sea states summit in Tehran and will hold meetings with Iranian leaders during his visit, which is the first by a Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin visited the country in 1943.

The Russian leader was welcomed by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the airport and later officially welcomed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Russia's Interfax news agency had reported earlier according to sources from Kremlin's security services that a suicide bomber was planning to kill Putin when he visits Iran, but Putin shrugged off the rumors during his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday.

"Of course I am going to Iran, if I always listen to what the security services said, I will never leave home," said Putin.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini has dismissed the report and accused it of trying to harm ties between Iran and Russia.

The Russian president pays his visit to Iran amid growing tensions between Tehran and Western countries over its disputed nuclear program.

The United States accused Iran of developing atomic bomb under civilian cover and is now pushing the UN Security Council to impose a third sanction resolution against Tehran since last December, but Iranian officials have repeatedly denied the accusations and said they just wanted to generate electricity.

Russia has said it insisted peaceful dialogue was the only way to deal with Tehran's defiance over the UN demand of halting the uranium enrichment work, warning the West not to force Iran too much.

"The Iranian people and leadership are not scared of threat, believe me," Putin has said in Germany.

Caspian Sea states summit concludes its work in Tehran

Tehran, Oct 16, IRNA

Iran-Caspian Summit-End The Second Summit of the Caspian Sea Littoral States ended its work after holding a joint press conference in the presence of heads of state of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan Republic, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon.

Four presidents of the littoral states attending the event took part in the luncheon given in their honor by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as chairman of the summit.

Late President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov proposed the idea of holding the first official summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states, which was held in Ashkhabad in May 2002.

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