Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran's Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer. "The first reactor at Iran's nuclear power plant in Bushehr is to be launched already in the summer," Putin said. Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant He didn't mention an exact launch date or add any other details during his meeting with nuclear officials in the city of Volgodonsk. Both Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev are expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday. At a briefing following her talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov she urged Russia to postpone the plant startup until Iran proved it was not trying to build nuclear weapons. "If it reassures the world, or if its behavior is changed because of international sanctions, then they can pursue peaceful, civil nuclear power," Clinton said when asked about Russian intention to launch Bushehr. Lavrov immediately responded that Russia still intended to launch the plant. "The project will be completed, and now we have entered a final phase of technological preparations," he said, adding that the plant had been closely supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant

He didn't mention an exact launch date or add any other details during his meeting with nuclear officials in the city of Volgodonsk.

Both Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev are expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday.

At a briefing following her talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov she urged Russia to postpone the plant startup until Iran proved it was not trying to build nuclear weapons.

"If it reassures the world, or if its behavior is changed because of international sanctions, then they can pursue peaceful, civil nuclear power," Clinton said when asked about Russian intention to launch Bushehr.

Lavrov immediately responded that Russia still intended to launch the plant.

"The project will be completed, and now we have entered a final phase of technological preparations," he said, adding that the plant had been closely supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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