Beijing, May 18: China welcomes a nuclear fuel declaration Iran issued after talks with Brazil and Turkey, signaling that it may oppose a US-led drive to impose sanctions on Tehran.
The presidents of Iran and Brazil and the Turkish prime minister issued a landmark nuclear declaration in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday.
Based on the statement, Iran is to ship around 1,200 kilograms of its low-grade uranium to Turkey for replacement with higher-enriched fuel required for producing radio medicine for cancer patients at the Tehran Research Reactor.
The declaration calls for the fuel exchange to take place within a specific time frame, satisfying Iran’s major demand for a swap program.
———Agencies