WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States welcomes the decision by European nations to refrain from submitting a resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would have rebuked Iran for restricting the agency’s inspection activities, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday.
“The E3 decided with the full support of the United States that the best way to support the IAEA’s process was to refrain from putting forward the draft resolution at the meeting of the board of governors,” Price said during a press briefing. “We are pleased with the outcome of IAEA board of governor’s meeting with respect to Iran.”
The IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday that Iran was willing to sit down with the agency’s technical experts in a month to discuss current issues, including recent discovery of uranium particles at suspected nuclear sites.
On February 23, Iran started limiting the scope of the IAEA’s inspections as a temporary measure until the sanctions against Iran are lifted. The UN nuclear watchdog reached a temporary bilateral understanding with Iran in February, which allows international inspectors a limited access to nuclear sites for three additional months after Iran’s threat to shut them out.
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