Sunday, September 25, 2005
Vote addresses India's concerns: MEA
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, September 25, 2005
India on Saturday night said its vote in favour of the EU resolution on Iran's nuclear programme in the UN atomic wathcdog IAEA addressed some of its major concerns and it did not reflect any change in its stand on Iran.
India's stand that some more time should be given for satisfactory resolution of the issue had been taken care of, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said.
The draft resolution had conceded this by deferring any decision till further consideration of the matter at the Board's next meeting in November this year, he said.
India was opposed to the matter being referred to the UN Security Council and the draft resolution had agreed to keep this within the purview of the IAEA at this stage, the spokesman said.
There is no question of India having ranged itself on one side or the other. On the contrary, India has played a supportive role in safeguarding Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy necessary for its economic development, he said.
© HT Media Ltd. 2005.