Venezuela
strongly supports Iran's nuke issue
IranMania
LONDON
Petroleumworld.com 02 14 06
Venezuela strongly reaffirmed its support for Iran's peaceful
nuclear program, according to IRNA.
The Venezuelan
government, in a statement, said its support for Iran's nuclear
activities does not mean support for a particular country, stressing
such a stance originated from a principled view on the nations'
right to have access to progress and development including nuclear
energy for peaceful purposes.
The statement
reiterated Venezuela's commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty
and said certain powers which claim to implement the NPT, possess
nuclear and and other weapons of mass destruction, and violate
disarmament treaties.
Caracas always
defends promotion of peace in the world and calls on all governments
to remain committed to nuclear disarmament treaties, it added.
It said inspectors
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proved no deviation
from Iran's peaceful nuclear activities towards military purposes,
adding any decision against Iran would set an ominous precedence
which would allow big powers to prevent efforts of other countries
to attain technological independence.
It stressed
that any verification measure on Iran's nuclear program should
be adopted just based on documents of the IAEA echnical experts
and the Iranian officials (and not hypothetical information).
The statement
also pointed to Iran's voluntary suspension of nuclear activities
and the West's opposition to the country's decision to resume
nuclear work and said voluntary measures of governments should
not be regarded as their duties.
The Venezuelan
government criticized recent resolution adopted by the IAEA Board
of Governors, saying the IAEA should not forget that its main
duty is to promote and accelerate access of all countries to development
and scientific use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
The IAEA Board
of Governors on Feb 4 approved a resolution proposed by the European
Union troika (Germany, France and Britain) on Iran.
The resolution
was passed with 27 votes in favor and three against while five
members abstained.
Cuba, Venezuela
and Syria voted against the draft resolution while Algeria, Belarus,
Indonesia, Libya and South Africa gave a vote of abstention.
Venezuela
is the only country that has always voted against any resolution
against Iran's peaceful nuclear plan.
IranMania
02/13/06
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