Armenia favors dialogue on Iran N-issue

April 3rd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

“Yerevan has time and again emphasized [the] need for solving Iran’s nuclear issue through dialogue at [the] international society,” Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Monday.

“Our position remains unchanged. Iran is our neighbor country, and we are interested in excluding the use of force or ways other than negotiations for the settlement of the issue,” he added.

Lavrov also warned against the “grave” consequences of a military strike on Iran over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.

Lavrov noted that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors “currently work at all nuclear objects of Iran and have uncovered no illicit activities so far.”

The United States, Israel and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program and have used this pretext to push for four rounds of UN sanctions and unilateral embargoes against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has refuted the allegations, arguing that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the IAEA, Tehran is entitled to the peaceful use of nuclear technology.

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