Iran was expected to send uranium fuel exchange proposals to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
"Italy and we want to see Iran clearly honor its commitments and send an official written appeal to the IAEA as soon as possible, so that a fuel
exchange procedure may be agreed upon," Lavrov said at a press conference held in Rome.
Lavrov also hoped consensus could be reached on the resolution of the U.N. Security Council imposing sanctions on Iran, the Interfax news agency
reported.
"We will treat the positions of other Security Council members most respectfully. Such issues should be resolved through a consensus," he said.
"We have a chance after the president of Brazil and prime minister of Turkey reached an agreement with Iran on how to resolve the problem of supplying fuel for the Tehran nuclear reactor," he said.
Iran, Brazil, and Turkey reached agreement on the exchange of low-enriched uranium to fuel Iran's scientific research reactor on Tuesday.