24 Nov 2014 11:11

Moscow plans to develop atomic cooperation with Iran

MOSCOW. Nov 24 (Interfax) - Moscow expects to bolster atomic cooperation with Iran and hopes that earlier agreements will be fulfilled, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's second Asia department Konstantin Alexeyev said.

"The chiefs of the atomic energy agencies of the two countries signed a package of agreements in Moscow on November 11, including a document regarding the construction of the second stage of the Bushehr nuclear power plant," he said at a Russia-Iran cooperation conference on Monday.

"This is very important. Hopefully, these agreements will be implemented to the full and we will make further progress," he said.